NOLOGIN(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NOLOGIN(8)NAME
nologin -- politely refuse a login
SYNOPSIS
nologin
DESCRIPTION
The nologin utility 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.
To disable all logins, investigate nologin(5).
SEE ALSO login(1), nologin(5)HISTORY
The nologin utility appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD June 19, 1993 BSD
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NOLOGIN(5) BSD File Formats Manual NOLOGIN(5)NAME
nologin -- file disallowing and containing reason for disallowing logins
DESCRIPTION
The file /etc/nologin, if it exists, causes the login procedure, used by programs such as login(1), to terminate. The program may display
the contents of /etc/nologin to the user before exiting.
This file is a simple mechanism to temporarily prevent incoming logins. As such, the file /etc/nologin is created by shutdown(8) five min-
utes before system shutdown, or immediately if shutdown is in less than five minutes. The file /etc/nologin is removed just before
shutdown(8) exits.
To disable logins on a per-account basis, see nologin(8).
The file /etc/nologin has no affect on the login procedure for the root user.
FILES
/etc/nologin The nologin file resides in /etc.
EXAMPLES
NO LOGINS: System going down at 18:22
SEE ALSO login(1), ftpd(8), nologin(8), rshd(8), shutdown(8), sshd(8)BSD December 9, 2005 BSD
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sync
halt
shutdown
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