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nologin(8) — Linux manual page

NOLOGIN(8)             System Management Commands             NOLOGIN(8)

NAME

       nologin - politely refuse a login

SYNOPSIS

       nologin

DESCRIPTION

       The nologin command 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).

       If SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND is populated it will be logged.

SEE ALSO

       login(1), nologin(5).

HISTORY

       The nologin command appeared in BSD 4.4.

COLOPHON

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shadow-utils 4.14.0            06/15/2024                     NOLOGIN(8)