LOCK(1) BSD General Commands Manual LOCK(1)
NAME
lock -- reserve a terminal
SYNOPSIS
lock [-np] [-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:
-n No timeout is used. The terminal will be locked indefinitely or until current challenge is met.
-p A password is not requested, instead the user's current login password is used. If the user has an S/Key key, they may also use
it to unlock the terminal. To do this the user should enter "s/key" at the unlock "Key:" prompt. The user will then be issued
an S/Key challenge to which they may respond with a six-word S/Key one-time password.
-t timeout The time limit (default 15 minutes) is changed to timeout minutes.
SEE ALSO
skey(1)
HISTORY
The lock command appeared in 3.0BSD.
BSD
June 6, 1993 BSD
