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🔒 MLOCK(1) — Lock a Mailbox

📋 NAME

mlock — lock a mailbox

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
🔐 Automatic mailbox locking	/usr/bin/mlock	Called by libc-client.so when it cannot create a mailbox lock file itself; ensures safe mailbox access over NFS

📄 SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/mlock

📝 DESCRIPTION

If libc-client.so is unable to create a mailbox lock file, it will call this program. This makes using the mailbox safe over i.e. NFS. There is no reason to call mlock yourself or through another program. It is setgid mail so there is no need to change the permissions of /var/mail to 1777.

🐛 BUGS

No documentation other than this crappy man page.

👤 AUTHOR

mlock was written by Mark Crispin <mrc AT cac.edu> This man page was written for Debian GNU/Linux by Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar AT debian.org>

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🔒 MLOCK(1) — Lock a Mailbox 📋 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📄 SYNOPSIS 📝 DESCRIPTION 🐛 BUGS 👤 AUTHOR