NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     nologin - politely refuse a login

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     nologin

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

     login(1)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                        February     15,     1997