System Administration Guide, Volume I

How to Disable a User Account


Note -

You can enable the user account by changing the password status to Normal Password or Cleared Until First Login.


  1. Start Admintool, if it's not already running. Select Users from the Browse menu, if necessary.

    See "How to Start Admintool" for more information.

  2. Select the user account entry to be disabled.

  3. Choose Modify from the Edit menu.

    The Modify Users window is displayed containing the selected user account entry.

  4. Choose Account Is Locked from the Password menu.

    This selects the locked password status, which disables the user account.

  5. Click on OK.

  6. Verify that you have disabled the user account by attempting to log in with the disabled user account.

Example--Disabling a User Account

The following example disables the rimmer user account.

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