Hi, I have a bunch of machines mostly linux and 1/2 BSD boxes...Now to disable user accounts I simple append a "*" to the passwd field in the shadow file..It works just fine.. Now I try the same on my BSD box..no luck it just logs the user in..of course right now I have the shell pointed to /bin/pwd..so he actually cannot login but the user can easily read mail using external programs and this is what I want to disallow.. I guess the crypt program is diffn in BSD where I guess it ignores the "*" . Anybody have a quick workaround?? Thx, Arni -====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====- to unsubscribe email "unsubscribe linux-admin" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] See the linux-admin FAQ: http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/
