nologin man page on OpenBSD

nologin man page on OpenBSD

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NOLOGIN(8)		OpenBSD 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.

OpenBSD 4.9			 May 31, 2007			   OpenBSD 4.9

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