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senable Utility—Enable a Disabled User Account

Valid on UNIX

The senable utility enables the login of a user that was disabled for any reason, at any location at which the user was disabled, including PMDBs. For example, a user may have been disabled by the serevu daemon, or because the user's suspend date or expire date arrived.

After enabling the user account, senable calls the sepass utility, which prompts for a new user password. To restore the most recent password, use the -n option.

The senable utility enables an undefined user account by deleting that account from the local /etc/passwd file.

To execute senable remotely, you must explicitly mention your local terminal needs in a rule that grants it WRITE permission for accessing the remote station; otherwise, you cannot perform CA ControlMinder administration there.

Note: For more information about remote administration restrictions, see the Endpoint Administration Guide for UNIX.

This command has the following format:

senable [-host hostname] userNames [-n]

‑host hostname

Selects the host with the account to change from disabled to enabled.

You must have ADMIN or PWMANAGER attributes on two hosts to use the ‑host option:

• The host with the account to be changed from disabled to enabled.
• The host where you enter the senable command.

‑h

Displays the help for this utility.

‑n

Runs the command non‑interactively. If you use this option, senable does not call sepass, and restores the most recently used password.

userNames

Defines a space-separated list of user names for accounts being changed from disabled to enabled.

More information:

serevu Utility—Handle Unsuccessful Login Attempts