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.\"	$OpenBSD: nologin.8,v 1.8 1999/06/04 02:45:19 aaron Exp $
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.\"	$NetBSD: nologin.8,v 1.3 1995/03/18 14:59:09 cgd Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\"     @(#)nologin.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/19/93
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.Dd February 15, 1997
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.Dt NOLOGIN 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nologin
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.Nd politely refuse a login
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm nologin
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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displays a message that an account is not available and
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exits non-zero.
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It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that
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have been disabled.
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.Pp
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If the file
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.Pa /etc/nologin.txt
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exists,
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.Nm
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displays its contents to the user instead of the default message.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr login 1
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .