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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 by Hubert Feyrer to avoid bloat through the copy-
     right comment.

NetBSD 7.1                       June 19, 1993                      NetBSD 7.1