NAME

       nologin - politely refuse a login

SYNOPSIS

       nologin [-V] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       nologin displays a message that an account is not available and exits non-zero. It is intended as a
       replacement shell field to deny login access to an account.

       If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the user instead of the default
       message.

       The exit status returned by nologin is always 1.

OPTIONS

       -c, --command command

       --init-file

       -i --interactive

       --init-file file

       -i, --interactive

       -l, --login

       --noprofile

       --norc

       --posix

       --rcfile file

       -r, --restricted

       These shell command-line options are ignored to avoid nologin error.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit.

NOTES

       nologin is a per-account way to disable login (usually used for system accounts like http or ftp).
       nologin uses /etc/nologin.txt as an optional source for a non-default message, the login access is always
       refused independently of the file.

       pam_nologin(8) PAM module usually prevents all non-root users from logging into the system.
       pam_nologin(8) functionality is controlled by /var/run/nologin or the /etc/nologin file.

HISTORY

       The nologin command appeared in 4.4BSD.

AUTHORS

       Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

       login(1), passwd(5), pam_nologin(8)

REPORTING BUGS

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY

       The nologin command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.41                                    2025-02-26                                         NOLOGIN(8)