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Article #8527Re: The LOCK FILE that doesn't
From: Joe Smith
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 19:40
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 19:40
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In article <3556@brchh104.bnr.ca> karln!uunet.uu.net!karln@uunet.uu.net writes:
> SYSTEM: Sun SS2, SunOS 4.1.1, OW2.0 etc etc.
> PROGRAMS: uucp, cu, pcomm
> SUMMARY: The lock file created by pcomm is ignored by uucp.
> The lock file created by cu works well with uucp.
> I have the pcomm program owned by uucp. Pcomms mode is "..s..x..x",
>ie, I have the SETUID bit set. The lock file gets created by pcomm,
>a ls -aldg * looks like this:
>.r..r..r uucp staff LCK..cua1
>but uucp ignores it, erases it and takes over my modem. @#$% !!!!
You did not say which directory pcomm is putting the lock into.
SunOS-4.1.1 uses HDB-uucp, which puts its locks in /var/spool/locks
instead of /var/spool/uucp.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: jms@tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: The LOCK FILE that doesn't Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <3792@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 12 Jun 91 19:40:00 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 20 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Original-Date: Wed, 5 Jun 91 19:41:28 PDT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 106, message 12 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu