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

NAME
     nologin -- politely refuse a login

SYNOPSIS
     nologin

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

SEE ALSO
     login(1)

HISTORY
     The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD, a free re-implementation was contributed in NetBSD 1.5 by Hubert Feyrer to avoid bloat through the
     copyright comment.

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								   June 19, 1993							       BSD