sshd permits logon using disabled user?

Andrey Repin anrdaemon@yandex.ru
Sat Jan 26 19:20:00 GMT 2019


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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