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  37 .Dd February 15, 1997
  38 .Dt NOLOGIN 8
  39 .Os
  40 .Sh NAME
  41 .Nm nologin
  42 .Nd politely refuse a login
  43 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  44 .Nm nologin
  45 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  46 .Nm Nologin
  47 displays a message that an account is not available and
  48 exits non-zero.
  49 It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that
  50 have been disabled.
  51 .Pp
  52 If the file
  53 .Pa /etc/nologin.txt
  54 exists,
  55 .Nm nologin
  56 displays its contents to the user instead of the default message.
  57 .Sh SEE ALSO
  58 .Xr login 1
  59 .Sh HISTORY
  60 The
  61 .Nm nologin
  62 command appeared in
  63 .Bx 4.4 .