On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Tom Brown wrote:

I need to create some local users but then 'disable' that user. I know i can enable and disable the user by using usermod -L and -U but does anyone know if there is a way for me to see the current status of the user? ie locked or unlocked?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo passwd -l archive
Locking password for user archive.
passwd: Success
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sudo passwd -S archive
archive LK 2008-07-15 0 99999 7 -1 (Password locked.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$

see also: man chage

-- Russ herrold
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