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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)lock.1      6.3 (Berkeley) 4/26/87
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH LOCK 1 "April 26, 1987"
        !             8: .UC
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: lock \- reserve a terminal
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B lock
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B -p
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .B -number
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .br
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: \fILock\fP requests a password from the user, reads it again for verification
        !            21: and then it will normally not relinquish the terminal until the password is
        !            22: repeated.  There are three other conditions under which it will terminate: it
        !            23: accepts the password for root as an alternative to the one given by the
        !            24: user, it will timeout after some interval of time, and it may be killed by
        !            25: somebody with the appropriate permission. The default time limit is 15 minutes
        !            26: but it may be changed with the \fI-number\fP option where \fInumber\fP is the
        !            27: time limit in minutes.  The \fI-p\fP option has \fIlock\fP use the user's
        !            28: standard password instead of requesting another one.

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