Quoting Carlo Sogono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > 1. you could cron a script which runs 'passwd -l <username>' at 5pm
> > and then 'passwd -u <username>' at 8am. and another script which
> tells
> > your nas to disconnect the user at 8pm.
> What do the -u and -l options do, exactly?
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$ passwd --help
Usage: passwd [OPTION...] <accountName>
-d, --delete delete the password for the named account (root only)
-f, --force force operation
-k, --keep-tokens keep non-expired authentication tokens
-l, --lock lock the named account (root only)
-S, --status report password status on the named account (root only)
--stdin read new tokens from stdin (root only)
-u, --unlock unlock the named account (root only)
Help options
-?, --help Show this help message
--usage Display brief usage message
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this is equivalent to 'usermod' with the ff switches:
-L Lock a user's password. This puts a '!' in front
of the encrypted password, effectively disabling
the password. You can't use this option with -p or
-U.
-U Unlock a user's password. This removes the '!' in
front of the encrypted password. You can't use
this option with -p or -L.
the passwd binary in older versions of redhat doesn't support this.
slackware otoh, has supported this as far as i can remember.
so ymmv.
peace!
-eric
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