Re: lockd errors

Yiorgos Adamopoulos (adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr)
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:21:25 +0300


[ please excuse the answer here from a FreeBSD user ]

>
> 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.
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Yiorgos Adamopoulos, ieee.org!adamo

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