Index: head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 =================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 +++ head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)nologin.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/19/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 19, 1993 +.Dd April 15, 2020 .Dt NOLOGIN 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,14 +39,31 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility displays a message that an account is not available and -exits non-zero. -It is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that +is intended as a replacement shell field for accounts that have been disabled. .Pp +When executed, +.Nm +first writes about the login attempt to +.Xr syslog 3 +and then a displays a message that an account is not available. +.Pp To disable all logins, investigate .Xr nologin 5 . +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility always exits non-zero. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Here is a demonstration of executing +.Nm : +.Bd -literal -offset 4n +$ nologin +This account is currently not available. +$ tail -n 1 /var/log/messages +Mar 30 21:53:07 example.org nologin[65992]: Attempted login by beastie on /dev/pts/18 +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr login 1 , .Xr nologin 5