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| author | nik <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-12 16:29:52 +0000 |
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| committer | nik <nik@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-11-12 16:29:52 +0000 |
| commit | 8b434b8934afbc111310983998496e70c63ae63e (patch) | |
| tree | d21b0890ea5a0bca0c15f88db387ed43bef244a5 /sbin | |
| parent | 6e4b648b0955946305ae137effe86a8b575780aa (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-8b434b8934afbc111310983998496e70c63ae63e.zip FreeBSD-src-8b434b8934afbc111310983998496e70c63ae63e.tar.gz | |
Be a little clearer about the relationship between these two.
PR: docs/20067
Submitted by: Takayuki Hagihara
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/nologin/nologin.5 | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/nologin/nologin.8 | 4 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 index 8ce22a2..0b4d290 100644 --- a/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 +++ b/sbin/nologin/nologin.5 @@ -39,13 +39,19 @@ .Nm nologin .Nd disallow logins .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Nologin -disallows logins if the file +Programs such as +.Xr login 1 +disallow logins if the file .Pa /var/run/nologin exists. Programs display the contents of .Pa /var/run/nologin to the user and exit. +This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incoming logins systemwide. +.Pp +To disable logins on a per-account basis, +investigate +.Xr nologin 8 . .Sh SECURITY Ignored by .Xr login 1 diff --git a/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 b/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 index d5f4cb7..64b4101 100644 --- a/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 +++ b/sbin/nologin/nologin.8 @@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ 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 +To disable all logins, +investigate +.Xr nologin 5 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr login 1 , .Xr nologin 5 . |
