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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!itesec!sidhe.frmug.fr.net!not-for-mail From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Elm thinks files are locked Date: 8 Aug 1995 14:13:16 +0200 Organization: Support The Free UNIX Systems Lines: 18 Message-ID: <407kcs$q4p@sidhe.hsc-sec.fr> References: <3vt1hl$7mj@blackice.winternet.com> <DCtqzM.1nF@bagend.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: roberto@hsc.fr.net (Ollivier Robert) NNTP-Posting-Host: sidhe.hsc-sec.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In article <DCtqzM.1nF@bagend.atl.ga.us>, Jan Isley <jan@bagend.atl.ga.us> wrote: > I use flock only, it works for me... but I am using PL24 and I did > use the ports patch. Just for fun I tried to use both fctl and dot > locking... they did not work. I'll mail you a copy of my config.h The best way to use Elm is with fcntl. With fcntl you don't have to have /var/mail 1777 nor using Elm as setgid mail. 203 [14:11] roberto@keltia:~> ll -d /var/mail drwxrwxr-x 2 bin mail 512 Jul 2 15:35 /var/mail/ 205 [14:12] roberto@keltia:~> ll `which elm` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 354385 Jul 17 23:50 /usr/local/bin/elm* -- Ollivier ROBERT -=-=- FreeBSD 2.x FAQ maintainer -=-=- roberto@freebsd.org -=-=-=-=-=- Support The Free UNIX Systems ! FreeBSD Linux NetBSD -=-=-=-=-=-