opensolaris man page for nologin

nologin(4)							   File Formats 							nologin(4)

NAME
       nologin - message displayed to users attempting to log on in the process of a system shutdown

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/nologin

DESCRIPTION
       The   /etc/nologin file contains the message displayed to users attempting to log on to a  machine in the process of being shutdown.  After
       displaying the contents of the  nologin file,  the  login procedure  terminates, preventing the user from logging onto the machine.

       This procedure is preferable to	terminating a user's session by  shutdown shortly after the user has logged on.

       Logins by  super-user are not affected by this procedure.

       The message contained in the  nologin file is editable by super-user. A typical	nologin file contains a message similar to:

       NO LOGINS: System going down in 10 minutes.

SEE ALSO
       login(1), rlogin(1), telnet(1), shutdown(1M)

SunOS 5.11							    21 Dec 1995 							nologin(4)