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@@ -59,3 +59,18 @@ The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .
+.Sh BUGS
+Login mechanisms that allow users to specify the initial environment,
+such as
+.Xr login 1
+and
+.Xr sshd 8 ,
+can be used to bypass
+.Nm .
+To avoid this possibility, you must use a different lockout mechanism
+such as
+.Xr login.conf 5
+or compile a statically-linked
+.Xr sh 1
+as described in
+.Xr make.conf 5 .