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NOLOGIN(8)              NetBSD System Manager's Manual              NOLOGIN(8)


NAME

     nologin -- politely refuse a login


SYNOPSIS

     nologin


DESCRIPTION

     nologin displays a message that an account is not available and returns a
     non-zero exit code.  It is intended as a replacement shell field for
     accounts that have been disabled.


SEE ALSO

     login(1)


HISTORY

     The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD, a free re-implementation was con-
     tributed in NetBSD 1.5 to avoid bloat through the copyright comment.


AUTHORS

     Re-implementation by Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@NetBSD.org>.

NetBSD 10.0_STABLE            September 12, 2016            NetBSD 10.0_STABLE