-.\" $OpenBSD: nologin.8,v 1.3 1997/02/16 04:15:32 downsj Exp $
-.\" $NetBSD: nologin.8,v 1.3 1995/03/18 14:59:09 cgd Exp $
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.\" @(#)nologin.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/19/93
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8,v 1.14 2004/08/07 04:27:52 imp Exp $
.\"
-.Dd February 15, 1997
+.Dd June 19, 1993
.Dt NOLOGIN 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm nologin
-.Nd politely refuse a login
+.Nd politely refuse a login
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm nologin
+.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Nologin
-displays a message that an account is not available and
+The
+.Nm
+utility displays a message that an account is not available and
exits non-zero.
It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that
have been disabled.
.Pp
-If the file
-.Pa /etc/nologin.txt
-exists,
-.Nm nologin
-displays its contents (instead of the default message) to the user.
+To disable all logins,
+investigate
+.Xr nologin 5 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr login 1
+.Xr login 1 ,
+.Xr nologin 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
-.Nm nologin
-command appeared in
+.Nm
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .