Cannot create mail lock file message

From: Diane Ibaraki <diane_at_uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 13:05:27 -1000 (HST)

Hi DEC Unix managers,
        I am trying to move /var/spool/mail from one system to another.
This is the first step in moving nfs service of mail to my main system.
I have MAILLOCKING 5 set, running V3.2 214 of DEC Unix.
On testing mail, (only the main system is up, mail filesystem is local),
I get the following message:

May 16 08:42:00 uhheph binmail[624]: Cannot create mail lock file
                /usr/spool/mail/diane.lock
May 16 08:42:00 uhheph sendmail[623]: AA00619:
                to=<diane_at_uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu>, delay=00:00:02,
                stat=Can't create output
May 16 08:42:00 uhheph sendmail[623]: AA00623:
                message-id=<9605161841.AA00623_at_uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu>

I moved the mail filesystem back to the old system and I'm back to where I
started. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem?

Thanks,
Diane Ibaraki
University of Hawaii
High Energy Physics Group
<diane_at_uhheph.phys.hawaii.edu>
Received on Fri May 17 1996 - 01:21:44 NZST