On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Reid Sutherland wrote:
> > For example, if I have
> >
> > sgifford:abc12345:::::
> >
> > in /etc/shadow, it becomes
> >
> > sgifford:*LOCK*abc12345:::::
> >
> > That solves the problem of where to put the password, but maybe there
> > is a more elegant qmail-based solution.
> >
>
> Good call, this is the most viable solution so far. I think it's the best
> way IMHO.
Didn't you all ever read the manpage for passwd? From the refered manpage:
Account maintenance
User accounts may be locked and unlocked with the -l and
-u flags. The -l option disables an account by changing
the password to a value which matches no possible
encrypted value. The -u option re-enables an account by
changing the password back to its previous value.
The account status may be given with the -S option. The
status information consists of 6 parts. The first part
indicates if the user account is locked (L), has no pass-
word (NP), or has a usable password (P). The second part
gives the date of the last password change. The next four
parts are the minimum age, maximum age, warning period,
and inactivity period for the password.
Just a classic case of RTFM.
--
Antonio Dias
