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NOLOGIN

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (5)
Updated: 1992-12-29
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NAME

nologin - prevent non-root users from logging into the system  

DESCRIPTION

If the file /etc/nologin exists, login(1) will allow access only to root. Other users will be shown the contents of this file and their logins will be refused.  

FILES

/etc/nologin  

SEE ALSO

login(1), shutdown(8)

 

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