NOLOGIN(5)

NAME
nologin - disallow logins

DESCRIPTION
Nologin disallows logins if the file /etc/nologin exists. Programs display the contents of /etc/nologin to the user and exit.

SECURITY
Ignored by login(1) for user root.

FILES
/etc/nologin
    The nologin file resides in /etc.

SEE ALSO
login(1), rlogin(1), telnet(1), shutdown(8)