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User account Lock/Unlock / Disable and enable


User account Lock/Unlock / Disable and enable
Ex -
Username - testing

Lock command
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passwd -l testing

or

usermod -L testing

unlock command
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passwd -u testing

or

usermod -U testing

Disable and Enable
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The following will lock an account

Code:
passwd -l testing

You could also change the users shell to /bin/false if you don't want them to log in


Code:
usermod -s /bin/false testing

Enable the account

usermod -s /bin/bash tesing

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