Locking the bootloader after installation

/e/OS Smartphone Operating System
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Do you mean after the bootloader gets unlocked or is it before?

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Ok so I got it resolved, thanks to @Lightning for pointing me into the right direction and also to @aibd for the provided link to bypass root for fastboot. After putting my user into the plugdev user group and creating the udev rule for my device I was able to use the /e/OS Installer including locking the bootloader afterwards. I even didnā€™t need to use Android Flash Tool.

But I cannot confirm that this would have had an effect on the manual ā€˜fastboot flashing lockā€™ error I got since I didnā€™t try it again after the group changes.

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Before starting the /e/OS Installer-installation.
If the installer cannot invoke adb and fastboot with user privileges, it will fail.

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I am just testing it, donā€™t have actual installation to do.

For me the ā€˜handshakeā€™ gets lost after unlocking and and rebooting again into bootloader. I think it is step 12. Is that ā€˜user privilegeā€™ problem Windows and others?