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How to Block or Disable Normal User Logins in Linux

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Aaron Kili
Sep 8, 2017

Tecmint: As a system administrator, you will inevitably perform scheduled system maintenances at some point or another. A few times, your system may also encounter some problem(s) and you will be forced to put it down to fix the problem(s). What ever the situations is, it is a good idea to prevent non-root(normal) users from connecting to the system.
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