"tip" leaves device file exclusively open
Amos Shapir
amos at taux02.UUCP
Mon Nov 21 09:04:47 AEST 1988
Check permissions to /usr/spool/uucp. tip creates a lock file there
(usually LCK.something) as user uucp, then does a setuid to the user
that runs it. In some versions, it forgets to setuid back to uucp
before removing the lock, so the remove fails and the lock is left
intact. Sometime the only solution is to make the directory writable
(shudder).
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Amos Shapir amos at nsc.com
National Semiconductor (Israel) P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel
Tel. +972 52 522261 TWX: 33691, fax: +972-52-558322
34 48 E / 32 10 N (My other cpu is a NS32532)
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