| NOLOGIN(8) | System Management Commands | NOLOGIN(8) |
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.
| 04/07/2025 | shadow-utils 4.13 |