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ssaachi

ssaachi

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Sep 24, 2001
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solaris 2.6
I have locked userid using passwd -l
what does that do
can the user log in and if not how can I enable user to eb able to log in again
thanks
 
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for enable the lock:

you must be super-user!

# vi /etc/shadow

then remove the "*LK*" by the locked userid.

:wq!

regards ph
 
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