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From: sliu@sbi.com ( Pivot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: file locking in Bnews2.11 under SunOS 4.1
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 1 Nov 90 00:07:29 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 352, message 11
X-Original-Date: 11 Oct 90 01:55:32 GMT

I have a couple of Sparcs running SunOS 4.1 that automounts all the
netnews stuff (lib, bin, spool, batch, etc) from a Sun4 that also runs
SunOS 4.1.  Posting from the Sun4 is fine.  Posting from one of the Sparcs
gives me this:

What now?  [send, edit, list, quit, write, append] s
Posting article...
fcntl: Local lock-manager not registered
inews: Can't lock /home/sb/netnews/lib/active: No record locks available
fcntl: Local lock-manager not registered
Article not posted - exit status 256

What now?  [send, edit, list, quit, write, append] q

The Sun4 exports the FS's rw, and /etc/mtab on a sparc shows the FS's
mounted rw.  For what it's worth, nntp accessing is ok.  I'm using Bnews
2.11.

I also seem to recall hearing something about a bug w/ lockd/statd under
SunOS 4.1.  Can anyone tell me about that???  It's a decent place to start
to track down this problem...

Steven C. Liu, Postmaster @ Salomon Brothers Inc., New York, 212-747-2485
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