Solaris 8 - disable user account

noir911 · 02-11-2009, 05:17 PM

Is there any way to disable a user account so that I can re-enable it easily later if needed? I tried admintool but that doesn't help me re-enable the account later without changing the user's password.

Thanks.

bathory · 02-11-2009, 06:17 PM

If you don't want to change the password to disable the user, you can an invalid shell like /dev/null in /etc/passwd, or change the last field in /etc/shadow to "1".

ic_torres · 02-18-2009, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by noir911

Is there any way to disable a user account so that I can re-enable it easily later if needed? I tried admintool but that doesn't help me re-enable the account later without changing the user's password.

Thanks.

as root : usermod -L username : it locks the username's passwd

to re-enable : usermod -U username

bathory · 02-18-2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ic_torres

as root : usermod -L username : it locks the username's passwd

to re-enable : usermod -U username

There is no usrmod -L and usermod -U in solaris. This is used on Linux to lock a user's password.

ic_torres · 02-18-2009, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by bathory

There is no usrmod -L and usermod -U in solaris. This is used on Linux to lock a user's password.

o yes.. i am sorry. .. i think the passwd command should be used?

thanks for the correction sir

newbie here