joubert@afc-tci.UUCP (Joubert Berger) (01/23/91)
This is a question concerning bnews's expire. I get a message: Can't lock /usr/spool/news/.rnews: Bad file number Can someone help me with this one. I looked at the code but was not quit sure what it was supposed to do. Joubert
clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) (01/25/91)
In article <371@afc-tci.UUCP> joubert@afc-tci.UUCP (Joubert Berger) writes: >This is a question concerning bnews's expire. I get a message: > Can't lock /usr/spool/news/.rnews: Bad file number > >Can someone help me with this one. I looked at the code but was not >quit sure what it was supposed to do. Make sure that there is a directory /usr/spool/news/.rnews with appropriate ownership (probably news) and permissions. The same ownership and permissions as /usr/spool/news would suffice. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: (613) 832-0541, Internet: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca UUCP: uunet!mitel!cunews!latour!ecicrl!clewis Moderator of the Ferret Mailing List (ferret-request@eci386)