> On a multi-user system, how can I "turn off" an account? Not > remove it, though, since at a later time, it will have to be > re-enabled? While we're at it, how to you re-enable a disabled > account? How disabled do you want it? Edit /etc/passwd and change the shell to /bin/false to disable login and/or change the password to '*' to pretty much diable it totally. HTH, Brooks