useradd with * in passwd field

[Stephen Berg (Contractor)]

Sudarshan Soma wrote:
> Thanks Chris.
> I got the command ,
> usermod -p "*" user  &> /dev/null
>
> Actually i want to make user with no access at any time.
>
> Best Regards,
> pavan
>   
You should probably use "passwd -l <username>" then.  Let the passwd 
command lock the account properly.

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