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To: Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II <jrs@Mcs.Net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: Locking telnet screen
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Hi

>How would one lock a telnet screen so one could walk away from their
>station without closing the connection?

Use the 'lock' command (installed AFAIR by default), e.g.

Ka0s:/$ lock -t 30 

(This will lock the terminal for 30 minutes and then return to the 
prompt - make sure you set it high enough and that your back in 
time, otherwise someone may gain access to your account). It
asks for a password to lock the terminal with and will return
only when the correct password is entered.

L8rz

KrOnUs