1NOLOGIN(8)                BSD System Manager's Manual               NOLOGIN(8)
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NAME

4     nologin — politely refuse a login
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SYNOPSIS

7     nologin
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DESCRIPTION

10     nologin displays a message that an account is not available and exits
11     non-zero.  It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that
12     have been disabled.
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14     If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the
15     user instead of the default message.
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SEE ALSO

18     login(1)
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HISTORY

21     The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD.
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23BSD                            February 15, 1997                           BSD