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nologin

politely refuse a login


see also : login

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nologin


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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).


history

The nologin command appearred in BSD 4.4.


see also

login , nologin.

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