LOCK(1) | General Commands Manual | LOCK(1) |
lock
— reserve a
terminal
lock |
[-np ] [-t
timeout] |
lock
requests a password from the user,
reads it again for verification and then will normally not relinquish the
terminal until the password is repeated. There are two other conditions
under which it will terminate: it will timeout after some interval of time
and it may be killed by someone with the appropriate permission.
Options:
-n
-p
-t
timeoutThe lock
command appeared in
3.0BSD.
June 6, 1993 | NetBSD 10.99 |