useradd with * in passwd field

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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
> 
Depending on exactly what you are after, you man want to look at
setting the shell to /sbin/nologin.
(-s /sbin/nologin)

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