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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 (instead of the default message) to
     the user.

SEE ALSO
     login(1)

HISTORY
     The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD                            February 15, 1997                           BSD