# server.channels.Server.lock_channel

- **Module:** server.channels.Server
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Rust
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-rs/blob/8a648c0894dfffc9303583f753b6c8ae01f2fe76/crates/libtmux/src/server/channels.rs#L42
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/rs/server-channels-server-lock_channel/

```
server.channels.Server.lock_channel(self, channel: &str) -> Result<(), Error>
```

Lock a `wait-for` channel, blocking later lock attempts on it.

# Errors

Returns an error when tmux refuses the channel name.