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- From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
- Subject: Re: Changing location of mailbox lock files?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.211200.7108@DSI.COM>
- Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA
- References: <MLARSON.92Aug21104502@larson.corp.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 21:12:00 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- mlarson@corp.hp.com (Matt Larson) writes:
- >I'm trying to run Elm 2.3 PL11 on an HP 9000/345 running HP-UX 8.0.
- >The problem is that there is no way for elm to create lock files in
- >the mail spool directory (/usr/mail in this case) due to lack of write
- >permission. Upon startup, Elm complains bitterly with:
-
- > Can't create lock file! Need write permission in "/usr/mail/".
-
- >Because my machine is a diskless client of a server I don't
- >administer, there is no hope of changing the permissions on /usr/mail
- >or running elm setgid. As far as I can tell, there is no easy
- >configurable way to change the location of these lock files. Is there
- >a workaround for this, or is the problem more complicated than I
- >understand it?
- On HP-UX, like all SysV based machines, you MUST run elm setgid for the
- locking to work. If you cannot make Elm setgid mail, then you cannot
- use Elm. Elm needs to lock the mailbox to prevent collisions.
- --
- ========================================================================
- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.3PL11
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 2.4 Release: Oct 1,1992
- syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd Voice: (215) 947-9900, FAX: (215) 938-0235
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