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.TH nologin 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
nologin \- prevent unprivileged users from logging into the system
.SH DESCRIPTION
If the file
.I /etc/nologin
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)