---
name: "login.access"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "heimdal-docs"
version: "1.6~rc2+dfsg-9+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/login.access"
---

# login.access(5)

login access control table

## NAME

**login.access** – login access control table

## DESCRIPTION

The **login.access** file specifies on which ttys or from which hosts certain users are allowed to login.

At login, the */etc/login.access* file is checked for the first entry that matches a specific user/host or user/tty combination. That entry can either allow or deny login access to that user.

Each entry have three fields separated by colon:

- The first field indicates the permission given if the entry matches. It can be either “+” (allow access) or “-” (deny access) .

- The second field is a comma separated list of users or groups for which the current entry applies. NIS netgroups can used (if configured) if preceeded by @. The magic string ALL matches all users. A group will match if the user is a member of that group, or it is the user's primary group.

- The third field is a list of ttys, or network names. A network name can be either a hostname, a domain (indicated by a starting period), or a netgroup. As with the user list, ALL matches anything. LOCAL matches a string not containing a period.

If the string EXCEPT is found in either the user or from list, the rest of the list are exceptions to the list before EXCEPT.

## BUGS

If there's a user and a group with the same name, there is no way to make the group match if the user also matches.

## SEE ALSO

[login(1)](/login/1.md)

## AUTHORS

The **login\_access**() function was written by Wietse Venema. This manual page was written for Heimdal.