NAME

lock − reserve a terminal

SYNOPSIS

lock

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/STANDARD

Origin: UCB

DESCRIPTION

Lock requests a password from the user, then prints a "locked" message on the terminal and refuses to relinquish the terminal until the password is repeated.  If the user forgets the password, he has no other recourse but to login elsewhere and kill the lock process. 

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021