Re: disabling login
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:52:04 +1100 KenrickC@aap.com.au wrote:
>
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >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?
>
> passwd -l and passwd -u. See man passwd.
Thanks. Exactly what I'm looking for. I wan't thinking "scramble
password"; I was thinking "disable account". It must be the VMS
Admin in me...
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