How to lock an userid on RH9.0 ?

[Rick Stevens]

Yan Peng wrote:
> redhat-install-list:
> 
> 	 On Solaris  I can use the command "passwd -l username" to lock this user to login the server. Which command can be used on RH 9.0 ?
> 	Thanks.

Exactly the same command: "passwd -l username", but it must be run by
root.

"man passwd" would have revealed this to you.
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