Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!kb2ear!overlf!emanuele From: emanuele@overlf.UUCP (Mark A. Emanuele) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Problem with inews Keywords: lock file BNEWS PL19 Message-ID: <31@overlf.UUCP> Date: 14 Mar 91 15:17:22 GMT Organization: Overleaf Systems, Inc. Lines: 21 I am running BNEWS 2.11 PL19 on SCO Unix 3.2 Rel 2.0 I get an error msg. when I run expire inews: Can't lock /usr/spool/news/.rnews: Invalid argument The permissions on the file and dir seem to be ok. Any help would be appreciated. Please email responses to emanuele@overlf.uucp and I will post a summary. Thanks in advance -- Mark A. Emanuele V.P. Engineering Overleaf, Inc. 218 Summit Ave Fords, NJ 08863 (908) 738-8486 emanuele@overlf.UUCP