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The manual page of the nologin linux command. The nologin command displays a message that the account is not available and exits with a non-zero value. Serves as a shell field for disabled accounts.

 

 

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man nologin
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).

SEE ALSO
       login(1), nologin(5).

HISTORY
       The nologin command appeared in BSD 4.4.

shadow-utils 4.5                            07/27/2018                                 NOLOGIN(8)

 

 

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nologin
This account is currently not available.

 

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