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Document the differences between locking an account and locking a password.

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2007-11-17 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
* man/usermod.8.xml: Document the differences between locking an
account and locking a password.
2007-11-17 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net> 2007-11-17 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
* NEWS, src/usermod.c: Refuse to unlock an account when it would * NEWS, src/usermod.c: Refuse to unlock an account when it would

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can't use this option with <option>-p</option> or can't use this option with <option>-p</option> or
<option>-U</option>. <option>-U</option>.
</para> </para>
<para>
Note: if you wish to lock the account (not only access with a
password), you should also set the
<replaceable>EXPIRE_DATE</replaceable> to
<replaceable>1</replaceable>.
</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
<varlistentry> <varlistentry>
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encrypted password. You can't use this option with encrypted password. You can't use this option with
<option>-p</option> or <option>-L</option>. <option>-p</option> or <option>-L</option>.
</para> </para>
<para>
Note: if you wish to unlock the account (not only access with a
password), you should also set the
<replaceable>EXPIRE_DATE</replaceable> (for example to
<replaceable>99999</replaceable>, or to the
<replaceable>EXPIRE</replaceable> value from
<filename>/etc/default/useradd</filename>).
</para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
</variablelist> </variablelist>