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Re: Freeze accounts



2012/12/23 Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com>:
> On 12/23/2012 06:01 PM, Beco wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Although it says that the allow/deny directives are processed in the
>>> following order DenyUsers, AllowUsers, DenyGroups, and AllowGroups, it
>>> does not say if the first match or last  match is what is applied.  I've
>>> tried a little experimenting and not found a way to grant exceptions
>>> through either AllowUsers or AllowGroups, but that might be just my
>>> confusion.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> /Lars
>>>
>>
>> I've tried your idea here. I think its not possible.
>>
>> I don't want to look one by one. There should be a way to process them in batch.
>>
>> I find David's idea of editing passwd dangerous and annoying. It would
>> be ok to change a single user, but even then I would choose this way
>> with caution.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Beco.
>
> Another way would be to try 'passwd -l' to lock the accounts and then
> later use 'passwd -u' to unlock them.

Does it also work for ssh public keys also? I think recommended way is
to use chage: http://linux.die.net/man/1/chage

--
Eero


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