[3198] in linux-net channel archive
Re: lockf and mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geof Goodrum)
Thu Jun 13 13:49:48 1996
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 08:31:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geof Goodrum <ggoodrum@perigee.ncdc.noaa.gov>
To: Michael Blair Mathers <mathers2@pilot.msu.edu>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199606121839.OAA13371@pilot11.cl.msu.edu>
On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Michael Blair Mathers wrote:
>
> 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?
Read linux/Documentation/locks.txt. Essentially, you need to upgrade libc
and recompile/fix older progs which use broken file locking.
DISCLAIMER: The comments above are my own and do not necessarily represent
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