NOLOGIN(5)

NAME

     nologin -- disallow logins

DESCRIPTION

     Programs such as login(1) disallow logins if the file /var/run/nologin
     exists.  Programs display the contents of /var/run/nologin to the user
     and exit.	This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins
     systemwide.

     To disable logins on a per-account basis, investigate nologin(8).

SECURITY

     Ignored by login(1) for user root.

FILES

     /var/run/nologin

SEE ALSO

     login(1), rlogin(1), telnet(1), nologin(8), shutdown(8)