Delete SSH Keys

Linux Lock An Account

# passwd -l userName
# passwd -l vivek

FreeBSD Local An Account

# pw lock userName
# pw local vivek

Solaris / HP-UX UNIX Lock An Account

# passwd -l userName
# passwd -l vivek

Remove SSH Keys

$HOME/.ssh/ stores all required keys. Simply rename the directory or delete the directory:
# mv /home/vivek/.ssh /home/vivek/nosshlogin
OR
# rm -rf /home/vivek/.ssh
For remote server edit $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys or $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file and remove public key. This will delete login from home computer into your server. Finally, you can always delete user from your system using the pw (FreeBSD) or userdel (Linux / UNIX) command.

Was this answer helpful?

 Print this Article

Also Read

Linux Default Services Which Are Enabled at Boot

Can you provide a guidance on default CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Redhat enterprise Linux services...

Linux / UNIX: Encrypt Backup Tape Using Tar & OpenSSL

  How do I make sure only authorized person access my backups stored on the tape drives...

Linux/UNIX: Configure OpenSSH To Listen On an IPv6 Address

How do I enable OpenSSH SSH server to listen on an IPv6 address under Linux or UNIX operating...

nginx: Setup SSL Reverse Proxy (Load Balanced SSL Proxy)

everse proxy is a proxy server that is installed in a server network. Typically, reverse proxies...

HowTo: Verify My NTP Working Or Not

You can use any one of the following program to verify ntp client configuration: ntpq -...