-.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH NOLOGIN 8 "September 2013" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH NOLOGIN 8 "November 2019" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
nologin \- politely refuse a login
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B nologin
displays a message that an account is not available and exits non-zero. It is
-intended as a replacement shell field to deny login access to account.
+intended as a replacement shell field to deny login access to an account.
.PP
-If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the
+If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the
user instead of the default message.
.PP
The exit code returned by
is always 1.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
+\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-command\fR \fIcommand\fR
+.br
+\fB\-\-init-file\fR
+.br
+\fB\-i\fR \fB\-\-interactive\fR
+.br
+\fB\-\-init-file\fR \fIfile\fR
+.br
+\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interactive\fR
+.br
+\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-login\fR
+.br
+\fB\-\-noprofile\fR
+.br
+\fB\-\-norc\fR
+.br
+\fB\-\-posix\fR
+.br
+\fB\-\-rcfile\fR \fIfile\fR
+.br
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-restricted\fR
+.IP
+These shell command-line options are ignored to avoid nologin error.
+.IP "\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR"
Display help text and exit.
-.IP "\fB-V, \-\-version"
+.IP "\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR"
Display version information and exit.
.SH NOTES
.B nologin
-is per-account way to disable login (usually used for system accounts like http or ftp).
+is a per-account way to disable login (usually used for system accounts like http or ftp).
.BR nologin (8)
-uses /etc/nologin.txt as optional source for non-default message, the login
-access is always refused independently on the file.
+uses /etc/nologin.txt as an optional source for a non-default message, the login
+access is always refused independently of the file.
.PP
.BR pam_nologin (8)
PAM module usually prevents all non-root users from logging into the system.
.BR pam_nologin (8)
-functionality is controled by /var/run/nologin or /etc/nologin file.
+functionality is controlled by /var/run/nologin or the /etc/nologin file.
.SH AUTHORS
.UR kzak@redhat.com
Karel Zak
command appeared in 4.4BSD.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The nologin command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
-.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
+.UR https://\:www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/
Linux Kernel Archive
.UE .