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| d9d7a9f0 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| fcc2be53 | 2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
| f5fe5f05 | 3 | .\" |
| b14a7a4a | 4 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
| fcc2be53 | 5 | .\" |
| b14a7a4a | 6 | .\" @(#)lock.1 6.9 (Berkeley) %G% |
| f5fe5f05 | 7 | .\" |
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8 | .Dd |
| 9 | .Dt LOCK 1 | |
| b14a7a4a | 10 | .Os |
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11 | .Sh NAME |
| 12 | .Nm lock | |
| 13 | .Nd reserve a terminal | |
| 14 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 15 | .Nm lock | |
| 16 | .Op Fl p | |
| 17 | .Op Fl t Ar timeout | |
| 18 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 19 | .Nm Lock | |
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20 | requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification |
| 21 | and then will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is | |
| 22 | repeated. | |
| 23 | There are two other conditions under which it will terminate: it | |
| 24 | will timeout after some interval of time and it may be killed by someone | |
| 25 | with the appropriate permission. | |
| b14a7a4a | 26 | .Pp |
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27 | Options: |
| 28 | .Pp | |
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29 | .Bl -tag -width Fl |
| 30 | .It Fl p | |
| 31 | A password is not requested, instead the user's current login password | |
| 32 | is used. | |
| 33 | .It Fl t Ar timeout | |
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34 | The time limit (default 15 minutes) is changed to |
| 35 | .Ar timeout | |
| 36 | minutes. | |
| b14a7a4a | 37 | .El |
| d9d7a9f0 | 38 | .Sh HISTORY |
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39 | The |
| 40 | .Nm lock | |
| 41 | command appeared in | |
| 42 | .Bx 3.0 . |