1.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)lock.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 03/14/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Vx 10.Dd 11.Dt LOCK 1 12.Sh NAME 13.Nm lock 14.Nd reserve a terminal 15.Sh SYNOPSIS 16.Nm lock 17.Op Fl p 18.Op Fl t Ar timeout 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20.Nm Lock 21requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification 22and then will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is 23repeated. 24There are two other conditions under which it will terminate: it 25will timeout after some interval of time and it may be killed by someone 26with the appropriate permission. 27.Po 28Options: 29.Pp 30.Tw Fl 31.Tc Fl t 32.Ws 33.Ar timeout 34.Cx 35The time limit (default 15 minutes) is changed to 36.Ar timeout 37minutes. 38.Tp Fl p 39Causes 40.Nm lock 41to use the user's current password instead of requesting another one. 42.Tp 43.Sh HISTORY 44.Nm Lock 45appeared in 3 BSD. 46