On Wed, Oct 29, 2008, Peter Kjellstrom wrote:
>On Tuesday 28 October 2008, R P Herrold wrote:
>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Tom Brown wrote:
>> > I need to create some local users but then 'disable' that user. I know i
>> > can enable and disable the user by using usermod -L and -U but does
>> > anyone know if there is a way for me to see the current status of the
>> > user? ie locked or unlocked?
>>
>> [herrold@mailhub ~]$ sudo passwd -l archive
>> Locking password for user archive.
>> passwd: Success
>> [herrold@mailhub ~]$ sudo passwd -S archive
>> archive LK 2008-07-15 0 99999 7 -1 (Password locked.)
>> [herrold@mailhub ~]$
>
>Worth noting is that this locking only refers to password authentication. If
>the user has a key in his/hers authorized_keys then they will still be able
>to login.
I'm not sure that is true. I know if I attempt an ssh login to
an account with authorized_keys where no account has been set for
the user, the login fails (e.g. accounts created by kickstart for
which no password is assigned during installation).
Bill
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