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41 disallow logins if the
44 The programs display the contents of
46 to the user if possible and interrupt the login sequence.
47 This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins systemwide.
49 To disable logins on a per-account basis,
55 file is ignored for user root by default.
56 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
59 feature is implemented through
61 which allows to change the pathname of the
62 file and to extend the list of users
63 exempt from temporary login restriction.
65 PAM-aware programs can be selectively configured to respect
72 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/nologin" -compact
73 .It Pa /var/run/nologin