nologin

Alternative shell that prevents a user from logging in. More information: <https://manned.org/nologin.5>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/nologin.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install login
Ubuntu
apt-get install login
Alpine
apk add util-linux
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S util-linux
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install login
CentOS
yum install util-linux
Fedora
dnf install util-linux
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install login
OS X
brew install util-linux
Raspbian
apt-get install login
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/nologin
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/nologin nologin powered by Commando

Alternative shell that prevents a user from logging in. More information: <https://manned.org/nologin.5>.

  • Set a user's login shell to `nologin` to prevent the user from logging in:
    chsh -s user nologin
  • Customize message for users with the login shell of `nologin`:
    echo "declined_login_message" > /etc/nologin.txt

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