Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!fuug!fidata.fi!fidata!pete From: pete@fidata.fi (Petri Helenius) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Cnews locking -- stale ones Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 18:38:29 GMT Sender: pete@fidata.fi (Petri Helenius) Reply-To: pete@fidata.fi Organization: Fimeko-Data Oy, Helsinki, Finland Lines: 18 Is it: A) already implemented B) planned to be implemented that C-news software be capable of removing stale locks on the fly? It should check the existence of the lock owner process and the if it's not existent, remove that lock and wait for 5 seconds and try to lock it again. This should be a feature #defineable to off, because people run news with nfs-mounted servers and there this could cause a mass trashing. Our site is working well and this is not a problem for our machines but our upstream site gets stale locks from time to time and this cuts our newsfeed quite badly. -- -- Petri Helenius, Fimeko-Data Oy Phone +358-0-458 2421, Telefax +358-0-458 2425, Mobile: +358-49-410 863 Internet pete@fidata.fi, Snail: Hollantilaisentie 36, 00330 HKI, FINLAND Looking for Unix(r) FAX-system ? Mail queries to unifax@fidata.fi