| NOLOGIN(8) | System Management Commands | 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.
| 10/26/2026 | shadow-utils 4.20.3 |