Re: Passwd: encrypted pw entry

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Matthew Tebbens <matthew@tebbens.idsi.net> writes:

> How can I disable an /etc/passwd entry. Isn't there something I can place
> in the encrypted-pw section of /etc/passwd to disable the account ?

Type `passwd -l username' to do it automatically.  Make sure there are
no other ways in like ~/.rhosts.

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