nologin(5) — Linux manual page

NOLOGIN(5)                Linux Programmer's Manual               NOLOGIN(5)

NAME top

       nologin - prevent unprivileged users from logging into the system

DESCRIPTION top

       If the file /etc/nologin exists and is readable, login(1) will allow
       access only to root.  Other users will be shown the contents of this
       file and their logins will be refused.  This provides a simple way of
       temporarily disabling all unprivileged logins.

FILES top

       /etc/nologin

SEE ALSO top

       login(1), shutdown(8)

COLOPHON top

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Linux                            2017-09-15                       NOLOGIN(5)

Pages that refer to this page: login(1@@shadow-utils) , nologin(8@@shadow-utils) , pam_nologin(8)

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