On Tuesday 28 October 2008, R P Herrold wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Tom Brown wrote: > > I need to create some local users but then 'disable' that user. I know i > > can enable and disable the user by using usermod -L and -U but does > > anyone know if there is a way for me to see the current status of the > > user? ie locked or unlocked? > > [herrold at mailhub ~]$ sudo passwd -l archive > Locking password for user archive. > passwd: Success > [herrold at mailhub ~]$ sudo passwd -S archive > archive LK 2008-07-15 0 99999 7 -1 (Password locked.) > [herrold at mailhub ~]$ Worth noting is that this locking only refers to password authentication. If the user has a key in his/hers authorized_keys then they will still be able to login. /Peter > see also: man chage > > -- Russ herrold -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081029/26f7df68/attachment-0004.sig>