You can disable the account using usermod. But if you want him to be able to retrive files and such from home. Then I wouldn't disable his account I would give him a shell of /bin/false and give him ftp access and have him retrieve his files and such that way. Albert Smith Sr. Unix Systems Administrator HPCSA, RHCT Genex Services 440 E. Swedesford Rd. Wayne, PA 19087 albert.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (610) 964-5154 -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jianping Zhu Sent: Thu 5/12/2005 11:53 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: sevral question about redhat admin I have redhat linux 9.0 server. Q1. how to tempraraly disable a user? Q2. I do not want a user to run program on the server, but I want him to be able to store and retrieve file in his home. is there a way to do that? Q3. How to kill all process run by a user? Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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