X-Git-Url: https://git.subgeniuskitty.com/unix-history/.git/blobdiff_plain/00e6148fbb6dec896196b61e93f73efddb6bbe69..f90b4150b40f699e77fa220f9ed08c9fc971314d:/usr/src/usr.bin/lock/lock.1 diff --git a/usr/src/usr.bin/lock/lock.1 b/usr/src/usr.bin/lock/lock.1 index 660651079f..3b28f78f71 100644 --- a/usr/src/usr.bin/lock/lock.1 +++ b/usr/src/usr.bin/lock/lock.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. .\" -.\" @(#)lock.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% +.\" @(#)lock.1 6.3 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH LOCK 1 "" .UC @@ -11,23 +11,18 @@ lock \- reserve a terminal .SH SYNOPSIS .B lock [ -.B \-number +.B -p +] [ +.B -number ] .br .SH DESCRIPTION -.I Lock -requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification and -then it will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is -repeated. There are three other conditions under it will terminate: -it accepts the password for root as an alternative to the one given -by the user, it will timeout after some interval of time, -and it may be killed by somebody with the appropiate permission. -The default time limit is 15 minutes but it may be changed with the -.B \-number -option where -.I number -is the time limit in minutes. -.SH AUTHOR -Kurt Shoens. Timeout and other features by Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart. -.SH BUGS -None known. +\fILock\fP requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification +and then it will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is +repeated. There are three other conditions under which it will terminate: it +accepts the password for root as an alternative to the one given by the +user, it will timeout after some interval of time, and it may be killed by +somebody with the appropriate permission. The default time limit is 15 minutes +but it may be changed with the \fI-number\fP option where \fInumber\fP is the +time limit in minutes. The \fI-p\fP option has \fIlock\fP use the user's +standard password instead of requesting another one.