nologin(8)

.SH "NAME" nologin - politely refuse a login

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.HP 192u

nologin

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP 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.

.PP To disable all logins, investigate nologin(5).

.PP If SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND is populated it will be logged.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP login(1), nologin(5).

.SH "HISTORY"

.PP The nologin command appeared in BSD 4.4.