NOLOGIN(8) MidnightBSD 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.

MidnightBSD 0.3 June 19, 1993 MidnightBSD 0.3