From 83da907080674779c85a9f45849b2eda63b6a046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dima Dorfman Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 03:22:28 +0000 Subject: Document the lock and unlock commands. PR: 25187 Approved by: nik --- pw/pw.8 | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) (limited to 'pw/pw.8') diff --git a/pw/pw.8 b/pw/pw.8 index c5743ee..51ebe19 100644 --- a/pw/pw.8 +++ b/pw/pw.8 @@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ .Ar groupnext .Op Fl C Ar config .Op Fl q +.Nm +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir +.Ar lock +.Op name|uid +.Op Fl C Ar config +.Op Fl q +.Nm +.Op Fl V Ar etcdir +.Ar unlock +.Op name|uid +.Op Fl C Ar config +.Op Fl q .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Pw is a command-line based editor for the system @@ -758,6 +770,26 @@ to specify the group id. The command .Ar groupnext returns the next available group id on standard output. +.Sh USER LOCKING +.Nm Pw +supports a simple password locking mechanism for users; it works by +prepending the string +.Ql *LOCKED* +to the beginning of the password field in +.Pa master.passwd +to prevent successful authentication. +.Pp +The +.Ar lock +and +.Ar unlock +commands take a user name or uid of the account to lock or unlock, +respectively. The +.Ql Fl V , +.Ql Fl C , +and +.Ql Fl q +options as described above are accepted by these commands. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Nm Pw returns EXIT_SUCCESS on successful operation, otherwise -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451