From 7ba45ea98db6c985587a3d556f9f81e3d78ca7bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nik Clayton Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 16:29:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Be a little clearer about the relationship between these two. PR: docs/20067 Submitted by: Takayuki Hagihara --- sbin/nologin/nologin.5 | 10 ++++++++-- sbin/nologin/nologin.8 | 4 ++++ usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5 | 10 ++++++++-- usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 index 8ce22a264715..0b4d2906267f 100644 --- a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 +++ b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 @@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ .Nm nologin .Nd disallow logins .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Nologin -disallows logins if the file +Programs such as +.Xr login 1 +disallow logins if the file .Pa /var/run/nologin exists. Programs display the contents of .Pa /var/run/nologin to the user and exit. +This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins systemwide. +.Pp +To disable logins on a per-account basis, +investigate +.Xr nologin 8 . .Sh SECURITY Ignored by .Xr login 1 diff --git a/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 b/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 index d5f4cb7a5f0b..64b410196162 100644 --- a/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 +++ b/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ 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. +.Pp +To disable all logins, +investigate +.Xr nologin 5 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr login 1 , .Xr nologin 5 . diff --git a/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5 b/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5 index 8ce22a264715..0b4d2906267f 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.5 @@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ .Nm nologin .Nd disallow logins .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Nologin -disallows logins if the file +Programs such as +.Xr login 1 +disallow logins if the file .Pa /var/run/nologin exists. Programs display the contents of .Pa /var/run/nologin to the user and exit. +This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins systemwide. +.Pp +To disable logins on a per-account basis, +investigate +.Xr nologin 8 . .Sh SECURITY Ignored by .Xr login 1 diff --git a/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 b/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 index d5f4cb7a5f0b..64b410196162 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ 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. +.Pp +To disable all logins, +investigate +.Xr nologin 5 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr login 1 , .Xr nologin 5 .