[15784] in Athena Bugs
Re: sun4 8.1.16: netscape
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Morzinski)
Fri Feb 6 16:15:50 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:15:47 -0500
From: Jacob Morzinski <jmorzins@MIT.EDU>
To: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Terence P Fan <tpfan@MIT.EDU>, bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[15783] in Athena Bugs"
> > A window popped up saying it has detected a lock file.
> > "This may indicate that another user is running Netscape
> > using [my] netscape files on M33-222-3.MIT.edu,
> > but no one is on that machine now.
>
> You probably logged into that machine, ran netscape, and then didn't exit
> netscape before logging out. If you quit netscape cleanly, this shouldn't
> be a problem in the future.
Actually, this indicates that his account is over quota.
(Before netscape is launched, a tcl script checks for the
existence of a lock file. If it's found, the file gives the user
the option of removing it. Then, when netscape is launched, it
attempts to create a lockfile.
From the user's description, it sounds like the tcl script ran,
didn't see a lockfile, and then netscape started, tried to create
a lockfile and _failed_ (because of the account being over quota),
and then netscape printed a misdirected error message.)
Sincerely,
--
Jacob Morzinski jmorzins@mit.edu
