Re: [TCLUG:15999] Auto Disable Accounts

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

Linux supports this automagically.  There's a bunch of fields in passwd
that allow you to specify how long the account is good for, etc.

Otherwise you can run passwd -l to lock and passwd -u to unlock the
account.

Eric F Crist wrote:
> 
> Hey, I belong to an org out of NC, (EUA), but I personally live in Minnesota.
> I am currently allowing certain members of the org shell accounts to my linux
> box and wanted to know if there was freeware or a script available to disable
> accounts after a certain date, or something along those line.  If any of you
> run an ISP and use *nix, could you tell me what sort of program you currently
> use to control such things?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Eric
> -- From:  Eric F Crist Nickname: MnSlinky
> 
> "Time is the fire in which we burn.  Carpe Diem"
> 
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Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.