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Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

###encrypted password

encrypted password

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.

Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

###encrypted password

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.

Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

encrypted password

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.

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Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation/etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

###encrypted password

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.

Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.

Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

###encrypted password

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.

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Disable password on linux user with command

Based on /etc/shadow(5) documentation on the second (password) field:

If the password field contains some string that is not a valid result of crypt(3), for instance ! or *, the user will not be able to use a unix password to log in (but the user may log in the system by other means).

My question is whether there is a linux command to disable the user password,i.e. set a "*" or a "!" on password field.