Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- login-utils/nologin.8 | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/login-utils/nologin.8 b/login-utils/nologin.8 index a95ff2ba1..1f06544b5 100644 --- a/login-utils/nologin.8 +++ b/login-utils/nologin.8 @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ nologin \- politely refuse a login 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 an account. .PP -If the file /etc/nologin.txt exists, nologin displays its contents to the +If the file +.IR /etc/nologin.txt exists , +.B nologin +displays its contents to the user instead of the default message. .PP The exit status returned by @@ -48,13 +51,19 @@ Display version information and exit. .B nologin 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 an optional source for a non-default message, the login +uses +.I /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 controlled by /var/run/nologin or the /etc/nologin file. +functionality is controlled by +.I /var/run/nologin +or the +.I /etc/nologin +file. .SH HISTORY The .B nologin -- 2.26.2
