Locking-user-account-in-freebsd

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Locking user account in FreeBSD

Locking user accounts in FreeBSD is simple. This can come in handy when an account needs suspended

  • Locking Account 
pw lock <username>
  • Unlocking Account 
pw unlock <username>
  • Examples

If a user account on the machine is named “john” then the following would lock and unlock the account 

pw lock john
pw unlock john
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