[leafnode-list] Lockfile

Doug Laidlaw laidlaws at hotkey.net.au
Thu Dec 25 14:03:16 CET 2014


So as not to grab Matěj's thread:

 > Build went OK, but when I run fetchnews without any config, I get:

 > mkstemp(/var/spool/news/leaf.node/lock.file.XXXXsODg0Z) failed: 
Permission denied

 > I am using my existing leaf.node, plainly the permissions have 
changed?  At present they are:

 > drwxr-sr-x

 > If I run fetchnews as news, it isn't found.

In my distro, the lockfile is in /var/lock/news  That may be for later?

Doug.

PS: I am trialling Thunderbird.  I don't like it.



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