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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