Lock Tmux Session With Vlock

Question

I have just installed tmux and vlock. When I try to perform the lock-session command, my terminal flashes and then nothing happens. Is there something in my .tmux.conf that must be added to tell tmux that I have a locking utility? If so, what is it?

In other words:

How can I do lock-session with tmux?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '11 at 14:42

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Put the following in the .tmux.conf:

set-option -g lock-command vlock

answered Jan 18 '11 at 14:42

kzh

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Just in case, the package/program `vlock` may not be installed by default (e.g.`Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS`). The following, usually, should achieve it: `sudo apt-get install vlock;`. – Artfaith Dec 09 '22 at 09:20

Tom Hale · Answer 2 · 2017-11-22T11:28:14.187

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I have the following tmux.conf lines:

# Enable locking
set -g lock-command vlock
set -g lock-after-time 0 # Seconds; 0 = never
bind L lock-session

Pressing [prefix] + L (capital) locks my session.

Related How can I lock just the current client?

edited Nov 22 '17 at 11:28

answered Nov 22 '17 at 04:43

Tom Hale

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Lock Tmux Session With Vlock

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