Thanks to:
Sheila Hollenbaugh <shollen_at_cs.wright.edu>
Richard L Jackson Jr <rjackson_at_portal.gmu.edu>
Serguei Patchkovskii <patchkov_at_ucalgary.ca>
Vic Abell <abe_at_purdue.edu>
Andreas Schuenemann <schenem_at_rz5.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
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> Recently I've been getting error messages with the following fomat:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Oct 9 12:00:56 spots binmail[13400]: cannot lockf
> /usr/spool/mail/kas2434
> Oct 9 12:01:54 spots binmail[27218]: cannot lockf
> /usr/spool/mail/kas2434
> Oct 9 12:02:54 spots binmail[14951]: cannot lockf
> /usr/spool/mail/kas2434
>
> o- lsof does not show any files opened with this name or by the user.
> o- The inbox is empty.
> o- No locks in /tmp.
> o- Deleting the inbox solves the problem.
ANSWERS:
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TEMPORARY SOLUTION
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cp (don't mv) inbox, rm imbox, cp inbox back
(The purpose is to remove the inode)
DEFINITE SOLUTION:
(Thanks to: Richard L Jackson Jr)
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Run nfssetup to enable rpc.statd and rpc.lockd
Make sure that NFSLOCKING=1 is set in /etc/rc.config
TOOLS:
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User lslk to find out what locks are in efect.
vic.cc.purdue.edu:pub/tools/unix/lslk
ftp://vic.cc.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lslk
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Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 17:38:05 NZDT