passwd -l <username> command equivalent in 10.20

[Mel Burslan]

HP/UX 11.x has this nice feature of issuing the command 'passwd -l ' to disable username's account immediately from the command line.

Unfortunately passwd command in 10.20 lacks this -l option. I am sure, if not the same, something in the lines of disabling an account can be done by using passwd and pwage commands on 10.20 but for the life of me, I could not figure out an easy way. Is there a cookie cutter recipe to do this somewhere in a script form or sequence of commands ?

All help is greatly appreciated

[Sachin Patel]

Mel,
I don't think 10.20 has such option. You can alwasy type * or something in his password fild in passwd file.
Or
change shell to /bin/false

Sachin

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

The sam log produces a this string when deactiviting a user.

/usr/sam/lbin/usermod.sam -p "*" username

But the problem is there is no -p option for usermod.sam program ... What this did was to place a '*' in the encryption field. You can edit the /etc/passwd file directly and do this anyway. Use 'vipw' program.

[Michael Steele_2]

Probably:

/usr/sam/lbin/usermod.sam -p "*"

...which adds '*' into the passwd arguement.

No man pages on usermod.sam commands since it controls trusted system accounts.

'vipw' and manually edit and save /etc/passwd. Again, add in '*' into the password parameter.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/B9106-90008_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/00/04/452-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/00/04/452-toc.html&searchterms=vipw&queryid=20030430-160822

usermod -e account and -f will test for inactivity (* -f *) or 'expire' on date (* -e *).

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/B9106-90008_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/00/04/424-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/00/04/424-toc.html&searchterms=userdel%7cusermod&queryid=20030430-160405

userdel if not used with the -r option will only remove the account from /etc/passwd but not the user's directory.

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/B9106-90008_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/00/04/423-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B9106-90008/00/04/423-toc.html&searchterms=userdel%7cusermod&queryid=20030430-160405

[Mel Burslan]

Since I am not a big fan of SAM. I forgot to check the sam logs to see how it is being done there.

Thanks for the

/usr/sam/lbin/usermod.sam -p "*"

command. it works like hot knife thru butter for me.