Package: finit Version: 4.7-1+b1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
I would like to request a change to the location of the nologin file used by finit to prevent users from logging in while switching runlevels. The current file location is /etc/nologin, but I believe it would be more suitable to move it to either /run/nologin or /var/run/nologin. There are two issues with the current file location: 1. The file remains on the filesystem after a reboot, which can make the system inaccessible to users if another init system is booted. For example, initscripts use /run/nologin in bootmisc.sh and rmnologin scripts, and /etc/nologin is not removed during boot. 2. It is not desirable to touch /etc as it may reside on a read-only filesystem. Fortunately, it is possible to override the file location by defining FINIT_NOLOGIN_PATH during the build process. Additionally, pam_nologin is already configured to check both /var/run/nologin and /etc/nologin, so no further changes are required. I would appreciate it if you could consider this change. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Best regards, Alexander
