[aclug-L] Re: disable login

[John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxx>]

If they only use the account for telnet or ssh , I think you can just
create a shell script that echos a message you'd like them to see or does
absolutely nothing, and set that shell script to be their login shell - the
last field in their passwd entry. That won't disable other services that
only use the password like ftp or mail, so you'll still probably be better
off staring (*) their password.

John

>Hi,
>
>Do you know what I need to change in /etc/passwd so that a user's login
>could be disabled temporarily. I have a situation where I need to lock out
>a user till a few issues are resolved with my server.
>
>Thanks,
>Sanjay
>
>
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