LOCK

Section: User Commands (1)
Index Return to Main Contents

BSD mandoc

NAME

lock - reserve a terminal

SYNOPSIS

lock [-p ] [-t timeout ]

DESCRIPTION

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:

-p: A password is not requested, instead the user's current login password is used.
-t timeout: The time limit (default 15 minutes) is changed to timeout minutes.

HISTORY

The lock command appeared in BSD 3.0

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 06:26:25 GMT, May 19, 2025