disabling-accounts.rst

Disabling Accounts

OS

If you need to disable an OS user account, you can expire the account using usermod --expiredate 1. For example, to disable the account for user tom:

sudo usermod --expiredate 1 tom

For more information, please see passwd manual by typing man passwd and the usermod manual by typing man usermod.

SOC

If you need to disable an account in :ref:`soc`, you can go to :ref:`administration` --> Users, expand the user account, and click the LOCK USER button.

After disabling a user account, it will be shown with a disabled icon in the Status column.

For more information about the Users page, please see the :ref:`administration` section.