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+.\"	$NetBSD: nologin.5,v 1.1 2005/12/09 17:02:53 ginsbach Exp $
+.\"
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+.Dd December 9, 2005
+.Dt NOLOGIN 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nologin
+.Nd file disallowing and containing reason for disallowing logins
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The file
+.Pa /etc/nologin ,
+if it exists, causes the login procedure, used by programs such as
+.Xr login 1 ,
+to terminate.
+The program may display the contents of
+.Pa /etc/nologin
+to the user before exiting.
+.Pp
+This file is a simple mechanism to temporarily prevent incoming logins.
+As such,
+the file
+.Pa /etc/nologin
+is created by
+.Xr shutdown 8
+five minutes before system shutdown,
+or immediately if shutdown is in less than five minutes.
+The file
+.Pa /etc/nologin
+is removed just before
+.Xr shutdown 8
+exits.
+.Pp
+To disable logins on a per-account basis,
+see
+.Xr nologin 8 .
+.Pp
+The file
+.Pa /etc/nologin
+has no affect on the login procedure for the root user.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/nologin -compact
+.It Pa /etc/nologin
+The
+.Nm
+file resides in
+.Pa /etc .
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal
+NO LOGINS: System going down at 18:22
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr login 1 ,
+.Xr ftpd 8 ,
+.Xr nologin 8 ,
+.Xr rshd 8 ,
+.Xr shutdown 8 ,
+.Xr sshd 8