Re: [leafnode-list] unable to open lockfile

[Christian Schult <cschult@xxxxxx>]

Mike A. Lewis, CNE wrote:

> I just checked my /var/log/news/news.err.  It is empty.
> 
> Don't know if this is the problem or not, but my perms on /var/lock/news are
> as follows:
> 
> drwxrwxr-x   2 news     news         1024 May  4 00:12 news
> 
> Try renaming /var/log/news/news.err, changing the perms on /var/lock/news
> and then see if you still get the messages in /var/log/news/news.err.

Thats it, thanks! Had the same error message here with SuSE 6.1 and
leafnode 1.9.2.  /var/lock/news needs permissons 775.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Juergen Vollmer [mailto:vollmer@xxxxxxxxxx]

> > I get the following message in /var/log/news/news.err
> >   unable to open lockfile: 2 No such file or directory
> > what does it mean?
> > The lock directory exists:
> >   drwxr-xr-x   2 news     news         1024 May  4 08:50 
> > /var/lock/news
> > 
> > fetch and leafnode work.
> > I'm using leafnode 1.9.2 on a linux box (SuSe 6.1)

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