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1.\" $OpenBSD: nologin.8,v 1.8 1999/06/04 02:45:19 aaron Exp $
2.\" $NetBSD: nologin.8,v 1.3 1995/03/18 14:59:09 cgd Exp $
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35.\" @(#)nologin.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/19/93
36.\"
37.Dd February 15, 1997
38.Dt NOLOGIN 8
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm nologin
42.Nd politely refuse a login
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm nologin
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Nm
47displays a message that an account is not available and
48exits non-zero.
49It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that
50have been disabled.
51.Pp
52If the file
53.Pa /etc/nologin.txt
54exists,
55.Nm
56displays its contents to the user instead of the default message.
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr login 1
59.Sh HISTORY
60The
61.Nm
62command appeared in
63.Bx 4.4 .
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