topic Re: reactive user account in Operating System - Linux

reactive user account

Indrajit_1 — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:58:36 GMT

Hi;

how do i reactive an user account in command prompt in linux.

Thanks & Regards
Indrajit

Re: reactive user account

Muthukumar_5 — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:39:46 GMT

Change the passwd in command line. It will be activated. Or as root user,

# passwd -fu

It will unlock account.

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Muthu

Re: reactive user account

Asif Sharif — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:52:07 GMT

Hi Indrajit,

Linux#passwd -fu root
Unlocking password for user root
Passwd:Sucess
Linux#

-u This is the reverse of the -l option - it will unlock the account password by removing the !prefix. This option is available to root only. By default passwd will refuse to create a passwordless account (it will not unlock an account that has only "!" as a password).

The force option -f will override this protection.

Regards,

Asif Sharif

Re: reactive user account

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:36:42 GMT

Shalom Indrajit,

Yes passwd -fu will reactivate (English tech terminology lesson here) the account.

Do a

lastb -R

command and see why the account was deactivated.

SEP

Re: reactive user account

Indrajit_1 — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:37:24 GMT

Hi All;

Thanks for ur support..

yes..

#passwd -u (to unlock)
#passwd -l (to lock)

Thanks once again

Cheers
indrajit