# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat1/lock.0

    LOCK(1)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  LOCK(1)

    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 ter-
         minal 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.  The default time limit is
         15 minutes, which may be changed with the -t option where
         timeout is the time limit in minutes.  The -p option causes
         lock to use the user's current password instead of request-
         ing another one.

    Printed 11/24/99	February 23, 1989			1

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