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From: bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in
Subject: NetBSD-0.9 - lock problem:
Message-ID: <16DEC93.15190902@tifrvax.tifr.res.in>
Sender: news@dxcern.cern.ch (USENET News System)
Organization: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 15:19:09 GMT
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When i play rogue on my machine i get the message : cannot lock  score file.
So also hack gives me  : cannot link safelock to perm
So also elm cannot lock the mail file.
So also.. and so on..
what is this problem?
why?
and how do i solve it?

thanks
bhiksha