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Article #3558Re: Problem creating lock file
From: Nadeau Jean-Claude
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:41
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:41
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In article <1k26feINN18b@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ce095@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeffrey Scott Traigle) writes: > >I'm attempting to get elm running on an Evans & Sutherland machine. >It is essentially a MIPS machine and OS frolm what I can gather. >I finally managed to get elm compiled, but when I try to run it, >I get the following message: > >Can't create lock file! Need write permission in "/usr/mail/". > I had the same problem on a HP/Apollo running BSD4.3. I just change the "setgid" calls to "setegid" calls and it worked fine. This function change only the effective GID and not both of them. BTW, the easy way to do that is to #define setgid setegid in the master include file (config.h if I remember). -- Jean-Claude Nadeau, ing. <nadeau@ERE.UMontreal.CA> Services informatiques Tel. (514) 343-6111,ext 5234 Universite de Montreal Fax (514) 343-2155
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!digex.com!intercon!udel!gatech!rpi!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!CC.UMontreal.CA!nadeau From: nadeau@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Nadeau Jean-Claude) Subject: Re: Problem creating lock file Message-ID: <1993Jan27.174115.23981@cc.umontreal.ca> Sender: news@cc.umontreal.ca (Administration de Cnews) Organization: Universite de Montreal References: <1k26feINN18b@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:41:15 GMT Lines: 21