From 0fd98a89aa3c732d14fa00bd608d22d37b4655fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:25:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nologin.5: Add a sentence explaining why nologin is useful Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/nologin.5 | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/man5/nologin.5 b/man5/nologin.5 index d21105222..abd5bae01 100644 --- a/man5/nologin.5 +++ b/man5/nologin.5 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ If the file \fI/etc/nologin\fP exists and is readable, will allow access only to root. Other users will be shown the contents of this file and their logins will be refused. +This provides a simple way of temporarily disabling all unprivileged logins. .SH FILES /etc/nologin .SH SEE ALSO