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locking problems on SunOS

1998-11-15 20:40:23
Dear all,

I installed and configured procmail a few weeks ago on a SunOS/Solaris
mixed environment (SunOS 4.1.3 mail server and Solaris client) and it
has been working apparently with no problem since my friendly system
manager informed me that several procmail processes were eating cpu
time on the server ...

This is what I found in the log file:

6262:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6266:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6342:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6352:procmailprocmail: Terminating prematurely whilst waiting for a kernel-lock
6353:: Terminating prematurely whilst waiting for a kernel-lock
6357:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6361:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6366:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6408:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6424:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6434:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6453:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6454:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6467:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6468:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6469:procmail: Couldn't unlock "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6471: Subject: Re: procmail locking
6488:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6507:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
6508:procmail: Forcing lock on "/var/spool/mail/arrigo.lock"
...

I've checked and, yes, I have write permission in /var/spool/mail/.
I've tried to restrict the file locking methods as indicated
in the FAQ with no success. I need to fix this otherwise the sys
manager will be soon mad at me. Would having procmail suid root help?

Any ideas?

-Arrigo







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