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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

1. pw lock <username>

• Unlocking Account

1. pw unlock <username>

• Examples

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

1.   pw lock john
2.   pw unlock john

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