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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Lockfile problems..
From: |
Chris Lightfoot |
Subject: |
Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Lockfile problems.. |
Date: |
Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:59:55 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.3.24i |
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 04:33:56PM -0800, James Gurney wrote:
> This morning in my spool folder, I noticed the following files:
>
> -r--r----- 1 dean mail 0 Dec 1 02:28
> dean.18998.1070274490.devious
> The syslog contains:
What is dean's quota like?
> Dec 1 02:28:10 devious tpop3d[18998]: dotfile_lock(/var/mail/dean):
> unable to write PID to hitching post: No space left on device
> Ideas?
If you don't need .lock support, switch it off and use
fcntl locking only. Otherwise be prepared to put up with
occasional flakiness. It's not as if a .lock is a very
sensible mutual exclusion primitive anyway.
--
``Stupidity is like nuclear power: it can be used for good and evil
And, you don't want to get any of it on you.'' (from `Dilbert')