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NOLOGIN(8) BSD 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 exits non-zero. It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that have been disabled. If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the user instead of the default message. SEE ALSO login(1) HISTORY The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD. BSD February 15, 1997 BSD