Re: cannot create lock file

[Rick Macdonald]

You need to look at the permissions of the gnats-admin/locks directory.


On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Dalius Gilvydis wrote:

> At 05:58 PM 9/20/2001 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> >On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Dalius Gilvydis wrote:
> >
> > > I've got an interesting locking problem that I cannot figure out...
> > >
> > > I can succesfully creat edit query PRs from the unix command
> > > line.  *However*, I cannot edit PRs using TkGnats or gnatsweb.  I get an
> > > error that says:
> > >
> > > Cannot create lock file
> > > /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/locks/3.lock  The PR has not 
> > been
> > > changed. If this problem persists, please contact a GNATS administrator.
> > >
> > > Any ideas as to what could be happening?  I am able to create and query 
> > PRs
> > > using tkgnats and gnatsweb, but not edit.  I am using gnats v3.113.1,
> > > tkgnats v.3.0.18, and gnatsweb v.2.9.0.  Any help would be appreciated...
> >
> >tkgnats and gnatsweb both talk to gnatsd. Perhaps gnatsd is not set to run
> >as the gnats user in /etc/inetd.conf so you have a permissions problem
> >writing to /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/locks.
> >
> >...RickM...
> 
> This is what my /etc/xinetd.d/support file looks like.  It takes place of 
> the inetd.conf file.  The user is set as gnats and the rest of the params 
> look good.
> 
> service support
> {
>          socket_type             = stream
>          protocol                = tcp
>          wait                    = no
>          user                    = gnats
>          server                  = /usr/local/libexec/gnats/gnatsd
>          server_args             = gnatsd
> }
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is what my /usr/local/libexec/gnats/ contents looks like.  are the 
> permissions correct??
> 
> drwxrwxr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 18 14:06 .
> drwxrwxr-x    3 root     root         4096 Sep 18 14:06 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4078 Sep 18 14:06 at-pr
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         3151 Sep 18 14:06 check-db
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         4683 Sep 18 14:06 delete-pr
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        82772 Sep 18 14:06 file-pr
> -r-sr-xr-x    1 gnats    root        49708 Sep 18 14:06 gen-index
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         9717 Sep 18 14:06 gnats-edit-pr
> -r-xr-xr-x    1 gnats    root       106088 Sep 18 14:06 gnatsd
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         3160 Sep 18 14:06 mail-query
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2374 Sep 18 14:06 mkcat
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         5037 Sep 18 14:06 mkdist
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        52792 Sep 18 14:06 npr-addr
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        55608 Sep 18 14:06 npr-edit
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        47468 Sep 18 14:06 pr-addr
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        75628 Sep 18 14:06 pr-age
> -r-sr-xr-x    1 gnats    root        82644 Sep 18 14:06 pr-edit
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        53080 Sep 18 14:06 pr-mail
> -r-sr-xr-x    1 gnats    root        50924 Sep 18 14:06 queue-pr
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2404 Sep 18 14:06 rmcat
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Maybe I shouldn't be putting things in /etc/xinetd.d/support?
> 
> Dalius
> 
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...RickM...