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Re: sshd permits logon using disabled user?
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Bill Stewart <bstewart at iname dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:15:58 +0300
- Subject: Re: sshd permits logon using disabled user?
- References: <CANV9t=SSyof86c5Yz3tNhwj4To=eKnrmveQcr59ZmMY-X9_txA@mail.gmail.com> <20190124154533.GK2802@calimero.vinschen.de> <CANV9t=RtGmpkogw0J7oCME+f4GNkeWo=QSJZFA_jOqyBxPLLdw@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Greetings, Bill Stewart!
> Only an administrator (or a user with appropriate permissions) can set or
> clear UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE. It is used to prevent _any_ use of the account.
I would raise a correction, which is immaterial for Cygwin perspective.
Disabled accounts may still be used for internal/maintenance purposes.
I.e. a disabled Administrator account won't prevent invocation of a database
recovery procedure.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Saturday, January 26, 2019 22:13:54
Sorry for my terrible english...
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