Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!noao!arizona!arizona.edu!cadmium!harley From: harley@cadmium.physics.arizona.edu (David Harley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: acessing locked files over network Summary: files locked by nn not shareable over net Keywords: lock, network, nn Message-ID: Date: 9 May 91 17:52:12 GMT Distribution: na,local Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: cadmium.physics.arizona.edu I have just installed nn news system on one of our apollos. One runs nnmaster, and the rest are clients. However, nnmaster locks the file MASTER in the spooling directory. It is accessible to anyone on the node running nnmaster, but is inaccessible to anyone trying to access it from another node via a link over the net. llkob produces the following: Use Constraint Home node Locking node Pathname W0 Cowriters ABCD ABCD /usr/spool/nn/MASTER If, for example, I put in the link //ABCD/usr/spool/nn on another node and try: > file MASTER MASTER: unstruct cannot open for reading Questions: Why isn't a perfectly accessible file on ABCD not accessible over the net? How can I unlock the file, if I have to? Why does nn have to lock the file in the first place, since nnmaster is the only progam accessing the file anyway? For your info: I tried using ulkob, but however I use it it gives me "object is not locked by this process (OS/file server)" - even with the -f option. lprotect gives "All remote root requests are honored", if that is at all relevant. By the way, the person at apollo who decided that they didn't have to use the SEE ALSO cross-referencing system aught to have his head screwed off. The manuals, when it comes to apollo-speak, are a truly shoddy job. ----------------