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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 14:30:35 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 14:30:35 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 2.38.1.upstream/2.38.1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/login-utils/nologin.8 b/login-utils/nologin.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c23319f --- /dev/null +++ b/login-utils/nologin.8 @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: nologin +.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] +.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15 +.\" Date: 2022-05-11 +.\" Manual: System Administration +.\" Source: util-linux 2.38.1 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "NOLOGIN" "8" "2022-05-11" "util\-linux 2.38.1" "System Administration" +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.ss \n[.ss] 0 +.nh +.ad l +.de URL +\fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3 +.. +.als MTO URL +.if \n[.g] \{\ +. mso www.tmac +. am URL +. ad l +. . +. am MTO +. ad l +. . +. LINKSTYLE blue R < > +.\} +.SH "NAME" +nologin \- politely refuse a login +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +\fBnologin\fP [\fB\-V\fP] [\fB\-h\fP] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.sp +\fBnologin\fP 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. +.sp +If the file \fI/etc/nologin.txt\fP exists, \fBnologin\fP displays its contents to the user instead of the default message. +.sp +The exit status returned by \fBnologin\fP is always 1. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.sp +\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-command\fP \fIcommand\fP +.sp +\fB\-\-init\-file\fP +.sp +\fB\-i\fP \fB\-\-interactive\fP +.sp +\fB\-\-init\-file\fP \fIfile\fP +.sp +\fB\-i\fP, \fB\-\-interactive\fP +.sp +\fB\-l\fP, \fB\-\-login\fP +.sp +\fB\-\-noprofile\fP +.sp +\fB\-\-norc\fP +.sp +\fB\-\-posix\fP +.sp +\fB\-\-rcfile\fP \fIfile\fP +.sp +\fB\-r\fP, \fB\-\-restricted\fP +.sp +These shell command\-line options are ignored to avoid \fBnologin\fP error. +.sp +\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP +.RS 4 +Display help text and exit. +.RE +.sp +\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP +.RS 4 +Print version and exit. +.RE +.SH "NOTES" +.sp +\fBnologin\fP is a per\-account way to disable login (usually used for system accounts like http or ftp). \fBnologin\fP uses \fI/etc/nologin.txt\fP as an optional source for a non\-default message, the login access is always refused independently of the file. +.sp +\fBpam_nologin\fP(8) PAM module usually prevents all non\-root users from logging into the system. \fBpam_nologin\fP(8) functionality is controlled by \fI/var/run/nologin\fP or the \fI/etc/nologin\fP file. +.SH "HISTORY" +.sp +The \fBnologin\fP command appeared in 4.4BSD. +.SH "AUTHORS" +.sp +.MTO "kzak\(atredhat.com" "Karel Zak" "" +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.sp +\fBlogin\fP(1), +\fBpasswd\fP(5), +\fBpam_nologin\fP(8) +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +.sp +For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c +.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "." +.SH "AVAILABILITY" +.sp +The \fBnologin\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c +.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."
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