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32.Dd September 12, 2016
33.Dt NOLOGIN 8
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm nologin
37.Nd politely refuse a login
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41.Nm
42displays a message that an account is not available and
43returns a non-zero exit code.
44It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that
45have been disabled.
46.Sh SEE ALSO
47.Xr login 1
48.Sh HISTORY
49The
50.Nm
51command appeared in
52.Bx 4.4 ,
53a free re-implementation was contributed in
54.Nx 1.5
55to avoid bloat through the copyright comment.
56.Sh AUTHORS
57Re-implementation by
58.An Hubert Feyrer Aq Mt hubertf@NetBSD.org .
59