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.\"	$OpenBSD: nologin.8,v 1.8 1999/06/04 02:45:19 aaron Exp $
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.\"     @(#)nologin.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/19/93
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.Dd February 15, 1997
.Dt NOLOGIN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm nologin
.Nd politely refuse a login
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm nologin
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
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
If the file
.Pa /etc/nologin.txt
exists,
.Nm
displays its contents to the user instead of the default message.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr login 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .

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