Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:56:25 +1000 | | From | CaT <> | | Subject | Re: lockd errors |
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On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 08:15:49PM +0200, Hirling Endre wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Yiorgos Adamopoulos wrote: > > > > elm reports that: > > > Cannot flock folder "/var/spool/mail/root"! [No locks available] > > > > It is my understanding that the lockd in the free Unix communities does > > not work as expected (ie. as the Sun lockd does) > > > Could someone help me here as I'm not quite sure what to do about this... :/ > > Recompile elm directing it to use dot-locking only. > > I don't think so... Mount the filesystem with the 'nolock' option > instead, then elm will use lockfiles without recompiling (not only elm > causes lockd pain..)
Thanks folks. I now mount it nolock and things appear to be groovy.
-- CaT (cat@zip.com.au) URL: http://www.zip.com.au/dev/null
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