The LOCK FILE that doesn't

[Joe Smith]

In article <3556 at brchh104.bnr.ca> karln!uunet.uu.net!karln at uunet.uu.net writes:
>	SYSTEM: Sun SS2, SunOS 4.1.1, OW2.0 etc etc.
>	PROGRAMS: uucp, cu, pcomm
>	SUMMARY: The lock file created by pcomm is ignored by uucp.
>		 The lock file created by cu works well with uucp.
>	I have the pcomm program owned by uucp. Pcomms mode is "..s..x..x", 
>ie, I have the SETUID bit set. The lock file gets created by pcomm, 
>a ls -aldg * looks like this:
>.r..r..r	uucp	staff	LCK..cua1
>but uucp ignores it, erases it and takes over my modem. @#$% !!!!

You did not say which directory pcomm is putting the lock into.
SunOS-4.1.1 uses HDB-uucp, which puts its locks in /var/spool/locks
instead of /var/spool/uucp. 

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