pam_nologin(8) BSD System Manager's Manual pam_nologin(8)
NAME
pam_nologin -- No Login PAM module
SYNOPSIS
[service-name] function-class control-flag pam_nologin [options]
DESCRIPTION
The No Login PAM module supports the account management function class. In terms of the function-class parameter, this is the ``account''
class.
The No Login authentication module always returns success for the superuser, and returns success for all other users if the file /etc/nologin
does not exist. If /etc/nologin does exist, then its contents are echoed to non-superusers before failure is returned.
FILES
/etc/nologin A message to denied users.
SEE ALSO
nologin(8), pam.conf(5), pam(8), pwpolicy(8)
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February 7, 2009 BSD
