NOLOGIN(8) - System Manager's Manual

NOLOGIN(8) - System Manager’s Manual #

NOLOGIN(8) - System Manager’s Manual

NAME #

nologin - politely refuse a login

SYNOPSIS #

nologin

DESCRIPTION #

nologin displays a message that an account is not available and exits non-zero. It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that have been disabled.

If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the user instead of the default message.

SEE ALSO #

login(1)

HISTORY #

The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD.

OpenBSD 7.5 - May 31, 2007