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27 .TH NOLOGIN 5 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
29 nologin \- prevent unprivileged users from logging into the system
31 If the file \fI/etc/nologin\fP exists and is readable,
33 will allow access only to root.
35 be shown the contents of this file and their logins will be refused.
36 This provides a simple way of temporarily disabling all unprivileged logins.