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- why not just change the password of the user?Kiwy– Kiwy2014-02-04 16:18:07 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:18
- That effectively changes their state (unable to login), but it doesn't serve as a marker or anything we can check. For example, if we want to get a list of all users who are deactivated, we can search for anyone without a valid loginShell.CptSupermrkt– CptSupermrkt2014-02-04 16:27:49 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:27
- In my short memories playing with LDAP, you can ad almost every thing you wnat to a user, why not a flag disable and in the same time change there password and shellKiwy– Kiwy2014-02-04 16:29:33 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:29
- Yeah, we could definitely add a "isDeactivated" LDAP attribute or something like that, but then I'm not sure how to perform that check upon every login attempt.CptSupermrkt– CptSupermrkt2014-02-04 16:30:35 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 16:30
- 2This SF Q&A looks related: serverfault.com/questions/176834/how-to-disable-an-ldap-accountslm– slm ♦2014-02-04 17:09:16 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2014 at 17:09
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