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$FreeBSD: stable/11/usr.bin/revoke/revoke.1 313868 2017-02-17 11:20:55Z bapt $

.Dd June 15, 2009 .Dt REVOKE 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm revoke .Nd "revoke a character device" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm program revokes the character devices using .Xr revoke 2 . When used on a TTY, calls like .Xr read 2 , .Xr write 2 and .Xr ioctl 2 , will be aborted immediately, effectively causing login sessions to be terminated. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr revoke 2 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm program first appeared in .Fx 8.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An Ed Schouten Aq Mt ed@FreeBSD.org