Michael C. Toren on Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:42:09 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] stuied newbie problem...


> delete what's between the 1st & second colon, and replace it with..
> something else -- an "x" or a "*" will do.

Or, use "passwd -l user" to lock an account, and "passwd -u user"
to unlock it.  It works by placing an invalid character ("!") in
the user's crypted password string.

-mct