Re: cannot create lock file

[Dalius Gilvydis]

At 05:58 PM 9/20/2001 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Dalius Gilvydis wrote:
>
> > I've got an interesting locking problem that I cannot figure out...
> >
> > I can succesfully creat edit query PRs from the unix command
> > line.  *However*, I cannot edit PRs using TkGnats or gnatsweb.  I get an
> > error that says:
> >
> > Cannot create lock file
> > /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/locks/3.lock  The PR has not 
> been
> > changed. If this problem persists, please contact a GNATS administrator.
> >
> > Any ideas as to what could be happening?  I am able to create and query 
> PRs
> > using tkgnats and gnatsweb, but not edit.  I am using gnats v3.113.1,
> > tkgnats v.3.0.18, and gnatsweb v.2.9.0.  Any help would be appreciated...
>
> tkgnats and gnatsweb both talk to gnatsd. Perhaps gnatsd is not set to run
> as the gnats user in /etc/inetd.conf so you have a permissions problem
> writing to /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/locks.
>
> ...RickM...

This is what my /etc/xinetd.d/support file looks like.  It takes place of 
the inetd.conf file.  The user is set as gnats and the rest of the params 
look good.

service support
{
        socket_type             = stream
        protocol                = tcp
        wait                    = no
        user                    = gnats
        server                  = /usr/local/libexec/gnats/gnatsd
        server_args             = gnatsd
}
------------------------------------------------------------------
This is what my /usr/local/libexec/gnats/ contents looks like.  are the 
permissions correct??

drwxrwxr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 18 14:06 .
drwxrwxr-x    3 root     root         4096 Sep 18 14:06 ..
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4078 Sep 18 14:06 at-pr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         3151 Sep 18 14:06 check-db
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4683 Sep 18 14:06 delete-pr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        82772 Sep 18 14:06 file-pr
-r-sr-xr-x    1 gnats    root        49708 Sep 18 14:06 gen-index
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         9717 Sep 18 14:06 gnats-edit-pr
-r-xr-xr-x    1 gnats    root       106088 Sep 18 14:06 gnatsd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         3160 Sep 18 14:06 mail-query
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2374 Sep 18 14:06 mkcat
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5037 Sep 18 14:06 mkdist
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        52792 Sep 18 14:06 npr-addr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        55608 Sep 18 14:06 npr-edit
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        47468 Sep 18 14:06 pr-addr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        75628 Sep 18 14:06 pr-age
-r-sr-xr-x    1 gnats    root        82644 Sep 18 14:06 pr-edit
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        53080 Sep 18 14:06 pr-mail
-r-sr-xr-x    1 gnats    root        50924 Sep 18 14:06 queue-pr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2404 Sep 18 14:06 rmcat
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe I shouldn't be putting things in /etc/xinetd.d/support?

Dalius