Re: locked accounts with shadow suite

[Nitebirdz <nitebirdz uswest net>]

On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Fernando Rowies wrote:

> Hello all:
> 
> How can I make an account be locked with shadow
> password suite, like an * in password field of passwd
> file with standard password system.
> 

passwd -l [username]

Check out the manual page for the passwd command.  Adding the * to the
password field also works, or at least that's the way I've done it most of
the time.  

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