svn commit: r359967 - head/usr.sbin/nologin

Rodney W. Grimes freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
Wed Apr 15 17:00:29 UTC 2020


> Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer)
> Date: Wed Apr 15 13:13:46 2020
> New Revision: 359967
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/359967
> 
> Log:
>   Document the exit status and the stdout message of nologin(8)
>   
>   Reviewed by:	debdrup (earlier version)
>   MFC after:	2 weeks
>   Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24196
> 
> Modified:
>   head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8
> 
> Modified: head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8	Wed Apr 15 13:06:55 2020	(r359966)
> +++ head/usr.sbin/nologin/nologin.8	Wed Apr 15 13:13:46 2020	(r359967)
> @@ -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.

This needs some wordsmithing, extra "a" needs removed.

and then 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
> 

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org


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