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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)nologin.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/19/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 19, 1993
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.Dt NOLOGIN 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm nologin
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.Nd disallow logins
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Programs such as
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.Xr login 1
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disallow logins if the file
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.Pa /var/run/nologin
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exists.
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Programs display the contents of
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.Pa /var/run/nologin
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to the user and exit.
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This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins systemwide.
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.Pp
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To disable logins on a per-account basis,
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investigate
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.Xr nologin 8 .
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.Sh SECURITY
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Ignored by
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.Xr login 1
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for user root.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/run/nologinxxx -compact
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.It Pa /var/run/nologin
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The
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.Nm
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file resides in
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.Pa /var/run .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr login 1 ,
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.Xr rlogin 1 ,
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.Xr telnet 1 ,
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.Xr nologin 8 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8
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