Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rice!sun-spots-request From: papowell@vlsi.cs.umn.edu (Patrick Powell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Lock Daemon, lockf fails Keywords: Software Message-ID: <4527@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 28 Jan 90 04:11:39 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 8 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 16, message 9 of 18 I have heard that there has been discussions of some problems with the lock daemon and lockf. I just found one here that appears to be very serious. Before I waste all sorts of time, could somebody please post me the current status of the lockf and other file locking problems? Patrick Powell Prof. Patrick Powell, Dept. Computer Science, EECS 4-192, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612)625-3543/625-4002