Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable

2004-06-08 Thread Amit Sharma
thanks. it works!! amit - Original Message - From: "khurshid iqbal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 09 June, 2004 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable > hi amit, &g

Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable

2004-06-08 Thread khurshid iqbal
: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable > hi, > > i have to disable 20-25 accounts on my rh8.0 box. what file should i modify? > > amit > ___ > ilugd mai

Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable

2004-06-08 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 3:17 pm, Amit Sharma wrote: > for option One, if i want to unlock these user later, what command should i > use, will there password will remain unchanged? > - passwd -u username - passwords remain unchanged. - for rest, man passwd -- Sandip Bhattacharya sandip (at

Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable

2004-06-08 Thread Amit Sharma
nt: Tuesday, 08 June, 2004 03:10 PM Subject: Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable > On Tuesday 08 June 2004 2:43 pm, Amit Sharma wrote: > > hi, > > > > i have to disable 20-25 accounts on my rh8.0 box. what file should i > > modify? > > Dont modify any fi

Re: [ilugd] How to mark account as disable

2004-06-08 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 2:43 pm, Amit Sharma wrote: > hi, > > i have to disable 20-25 accounts on my rh8.0 box. what file should i > modify? Dont modify any files directly. Use either: 1. passwd -l username: Wil lock all uses of username/passwd 2. chsh /sbin/nologin: This will disable shell login

[ilugd] How to mark account as disable

2004-06-08 Thread Amit Sharma
hi, i have to disable 20-25 accounts on my rh8.0 box. what file should i modify? amit ___ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.