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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd June 15, 2009
28.Dt REVOKE 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm revoke
32.Nd "revoke a character device"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Ar
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm
39program revokes the character devices using
40.Xr revoke 2 .
41When used on a TTY, calls like
42.Xr read 2 ,
43.Xr write 2
44and
45.Xr ioctl 2 ,
46will be aborted immediately, effectively causing login sessions to be
47terminated.
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr revoke 2
50.Sh HISTORY
51The
52.Nm
53program first appeared in
54.Fx 8.0 .
55.Sh AUTHORS
56.An \&Ed Schouten Aq Mt ed@FreeBSD.org
57