password -l
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. To re-enable an account, use the
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Disable A User Account
To temporarily disable a user account, run password -l username. To re-enable an account, use the -u option.
By
Martin Streicher
Friday, September 23rd, 2005
Martin Streicher
is the founder of Locomotive, an expert Rails consultancy. Formerly, he was Editor-in-Chief of Linux Magazine from 2002 to 2007. You can contact him at
martin.streicher@linux-mag.com
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