Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!plains!lodin From: lodin@plains.UUCP (Joe Schmo) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Uid in sendmail and NFS Message-ID: <3513@plains.UUCP> Date: 21 Feb 90 16:33:52 GMT References: <10261@ardent.UUCP> <3741@zehntel.UUCP> Reply-To: lodin@plains.UUCP (Joe Schmo) Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 37 I have a similar problem with sendmail and the lock file. I have a standalone system connected via LAN to my UUCP hub. I have /users and /usr/man mounted via NFS from the UUCP hub. I receive the following error from sendmail when I try to mail to a login at that machine. Mail from that machine works fine. Aynbody have any answers??? Reply here or to: Steven W. Lodin Delco Electronics Corp. Kokomo, IN lodin%aiehost.uucp@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu or swlodin@koess.gm.hac.com Example sendmail session: ============================================================================== From MAILER-DAEMON%aiehost.uucp%aietwk1.uucp@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Fri Feb 16 07:54:22 1990 Received: from iuvax.cs.indiana.edu by plains.NoDak.edu; Fri, 16 Feb 90 07:54:18 -0600 Message-Id: <9002161354.AA19414@plains.NoDak.edu> Received: from aiehost by iuvax.cs.indiana.edu with UUCP (5.61+/1.4jsm) id AA10392; Fri, 16 Feb 90 08:54:36 -0500 Received: from aietwk1 (aietwk1) by aiehost; Fri, 16 Feb 90 08:53:01 est Received: from aiehost (aiegate) by aietwk1; Fri, 16 Feb 90 09:55:22 est Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 07:49:13 -0600 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 2 To: Status: RO ----- Transcript of session follows ----- mail: /usr/mail/lodin.lock not creatable after 10 tries 554 ... unknown mailer error 2 ----- Unsent message follows ----- ... rest of message