On Wed, Oct 29, 2008, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: >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. I'm not sure that is true. I know if I attempt an ssh login to an account with authorized_keys where no account has been set for the user, the login fails (e.g. accounts created by kickstart for which no password is assigned during installation). Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 The Income Tax has made more Liars out of American people than Golf has. Will Rogers