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diff --git a/man/man5/nologin.5 b/man/man5/nologin.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e83b76 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man5/nologin.5 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@moria.de), +.\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993 +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.\" Modified Sun Jul 25 11:06:34 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Corrected Mon Oct 21 17:47:19 EDT 1996 by Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com) +.TH nologin 5 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +nologin \- prevent unprivileged users from logging into the system +.SH DESCRIPTION +If the file \fI/etc/nologin\fP exists and is readable, +.BR 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. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/nologin +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR login (1), +.BR shutdown (8) |