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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.



shadow-utils 4.8.1                           02/06/2024                                   NOLOGIN(8)