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lockf and mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Blair Mathers)
Wed Jun 12 20:38:58 1996
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:39:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael Blair Mathers" <mathers2@pilot.msu.edu>
Since I upgraded the kernel I have been unable to recieve mail to my machine
from remote sources..
SMTP server says (my machine)
451 cannot lockf(/etc/aliases.dir, fd=6, type=1, omode=37777777777, eiud=0):
Device or resource busy
my alias files are present read/write by root and readable by all others
a newaliases command (by root) yields the same message except fd=4 and
all else the same.
It does process the aliases tho. after this message it gives normal output
/etc/aliases: 19 aliases, longest 100 bytes, 385 bytes total
what's this deal with lockf? anybody have any insights?
-Mike M
