Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!van-bc!oneb!icgnu!kmcvay
From: kmcvay@icgnu.UUCP (Ken McVay [1B Systems Management])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Unwanted, unloved /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..tty1a
Keywords: LCK..tty1a
Message-ID: <144@icgnu.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 90 17:23:19 GMT
Distribution: can
Organization: icgnu -
Lines: 13

I am working on a system with a Telebit T1000 assigned to tty1A, and
locked at 9600 baud. The line is used for inbound and outbound connects.

It looks as if the getty is spawning a lock file for tty1a which prevents
use of the line for outbound calls. The file appears every minute or two
as /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..tty1a, and the process id it contains is always 
the one owned by root that provides tty1A for the system. If I zap it,
another is soon created.

tty1a is disabled in /etc/ttys. 

What's causing this annoying little beastie, and where should I look for
the error in the system?