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 6.7 (Berkeley) 07/24/90 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt LOCK 1 10.Sh NAME 11.Nm lock 12.Nd reserve a terminal 13.Sh SYNOPSIS 14.Nm lock 15.Op Fl p 16.Op Fl t Ar timeout 17.Sh DESCRIPTION 18.Nm Lock 19requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification 20and then will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is 21repeated. 22There are two other conditions under which it will terminate: it 23will timeout after some interval of time and it may be killed by someone 24with the appropriate permission. 25.Po 26Options: 27.Pp 28.Tw Fl 29.Tc Fl t 30.Ws 31.Ar timeout 32.Cx 33The time limit (default 15 minutes) is changed to 34.Ar timeout 35minutes. 36.Tp Fl p 37Causes 38.Nm lock 39to use the user's current password instead of requesting another one. 40.Tp 41.Sh HISTORY 42.Nm Lock 43appeared in 3 BSD. 44