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)