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NOLOGIN
Section: System Management Commands (8)
Updated: 12/14/2025
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NAME
nologin - politely refuse a login
SYNOPSIS
-
nologin
DESCRIPTION
The
nologin
command 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.
To disable all logins, investigate
nologin(5).
If
SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
is populated it will be logged.
SEE ALSO
login(1),
nologin(5).
HISTORY
The
nologin
command appeared in BSD 4.4.
Index
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