Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:49:20 +0300 From: John Savitsky <john@kspu.kr.ua> To: FreeBSD <Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Disabling a user account Message-ID: <19990826164920.A6006@kspu.kr.ua> In-Reply-To: <017a01beefa4$5db4af30$14a8ef9b@impakt>; from Langa Kentane on Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:17:50AM %2B0200 References: <017a01beefa4$5db4af30$14a8ef9b@impakt>
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On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:17:50AM +0200, Langa Kentane wrote: > I want to deny a certain user access to my server and the server is running > ftp, pop3 and stuff. How do I go about doing this without deleting the user > account? You can simply do vipw and _ADD_ an * in the user's encrypted password. When you dicide to enable access, just remove asterisk from user's password. > Langa Kentane > System Administrator > Sunshine Networks cc > Tel +27 82 928 1952 -- Sincerely yours, John Savitsky System Administrator of KSPU To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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