Hi, On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:25:59PM +0930, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The passwd man page currently says: > > -l, --lock > Lock the password of the named account. This option disables a password > by changing it to a value which matches no possible encrypted value (it > adds a ´!´ at the beginning of the password). > > Note that this does not disable the account. The user may still be able > to login using another authentication token (e.g. an SSH key). > To disable the account, administrators should use usermod --expiredate > 1 > (this set the account´s expire date to Jan 2, 1970). > > Since the 'Note' now seems to be the default behaviour (which I do like :), it > should probably either be reworded to reflect that, or dropped entirely. I'd > guess the former will probably cause the least confusion while people readjust > their expectation of what -l does.
Sorry, I don't really understand what you would like to change. In my understanding, the two paragraphs are consistent with the current (1:4.1.1-4) passwd. I prefer to describe what -l does, and give additional information to avoid misread. If I reverse the two paragraphs, I don't think it will be clearer (there are a lot of other thinks that passwd -l does not do). Would you have a proposal? Thanks in advance, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
