nologin

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 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.

BSD                            February 15, 1997                           BSD