Locking problems under DU*X 4.0a

From: Gaylord Holder <holder_at_phy.ucsf.EDU>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:46:47 -0700

We are having mail locking problems on our systems. Occasionally,
(once a week), one of the user's mail files gets locked and sendmail
can no longer deliver mail to the user.

        Keck is the central file server.
        Phy is the central mail server and the only one running
                Sendmail 5.65v3.2/GSC4.24.
        Clients read mail from keck:/var/spool/mail.
        All of the clients mount keck:/var/spool/mail with "nfs rw,bg,intr"
                options.
        All /etc/rc.config files have
                MAILLOCKING="5"
          though I don't think this does anything.

Suggestions? Are there any diagnostic tools/bug patches/configuration
changes?

Thanks,
-Gaylord
Received on Fri Jun 06 1997 - 17:56:10 NZST