On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:52:04 +1100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >On a multi-user system, how can I "turn off" an account? >Not remove it, > though, since at a later time, it > >will have to be re-enabled? While we're at it, how > > to you re-enable a disabled account? > > passwd -l and passwd -u. See man passwd.
Thanks. Exactly what I'm looking for. I wan't thinking "scramble password"; I was thinking "disable account". It must be the VMS Admin in me... -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'. | ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | +------------------------------------------------------------+
