1LOCK(1) 386BSD Reference Manual LOCK(1) 2 3NNAAMMEE 4 lloocckk - reserve a terminal 5 6SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS 7 lloocckk [--pp] [--tt _t_i_m_e_o_u_t] 8 9DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 10 LLoocckk requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification 11 and then will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is 12 repeated. There are two other conditions under which it will terminate: 13 it will timeout after some interval of time and it may be killed by 14 someone with the appropriate permission. 15 16 Options: 17 18 --pp A password is not requested, instead the user's current login 19 password is used. 20 21 --tt _t_i_m_e_o_u_t The time limit (default 15 minutes) is changed to _t_i_m_e_o_u_t 22 minutes. 23 24HHIISSTTOORRYY 25 The lloocckk command appeared in 3.0BSD. 26 27BSD Experimental July 27, 1991 1 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67