NOLOGIN(5) File Formats and Configurations NOLOGIN(5)

NAME

nologin - message displayed to users attempting to log on in the
process of a system shutdown

SYNOPSIS

/etc/nologin

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/nologin file contains the message displayed to users
attempting to log on to a machine in the process of being shutdown.
After displaying the contents of the nologin file, the login
procedure terminates, preventing the user from logging onto the
machine.


This procedure is preferable to terminating a user's session by
shutdown shortly after the user has logged on.


Logins by super-user are not affected by this procedure.


The message contained in the nologin file is editable by super-user.
A typical nologin file contains a message similar to:


NO LOGINS: System going down in 10 minutes.

SEE ALSO

login(1), rlogin(1), telnet(1), shutdown(8)

December 21, 1995 NOLOGIN(5)