NOLOGIN (5) manpage
NOLOGIN
5
1992-12-29
Linux
Linux Programmer's Manual
NAME
nologin - prevent non-root users from logging into the system
DESCRIPTION
If the file
/etc/nologin
exists,
login(1)
will allow access only to root. Other users will be shown the contents of this file and their logins will be refused.
FILES
/etc/nologin
SEE ALSO
login(1)
,
shutdown(8)