NOLOGIN(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NOLOGIN(8)NAMEnologin — politely refuse a login
SYNOPSISnologinDESCRIPTIONnologin 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 ALSOlogin(1)HISTORY
The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD February 15, 1997 BSD