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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!arlut.utexas.edu!usenet From: Ian Fink <fink@arlut.utexas.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: cu tip Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:30:51 -0600 Organization: Applied Research Laboratories - The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 26 Message-ID: <32E640BB.5261@arlut.utexas.edu> References: <32E4FECB.41C67EA6@banking.interest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seadevil.arlut.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.05 9000/730) To: Dan Eaton <eaton@banking.interest.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5674 Dan Eaton wrote: > > When I run cu I get the message: > lock open: No such file or directory > all ports busy > > HOWEVER if I run the program as su it works without a problem. > Sounds like a permission problem. But on which file or directory? > Any Ideas? > Thanks, Dan > eaton@banking.interest.com > -- > Director of Interactive Services http://www.interest.com > and Network Administration > Mortgage Market Information Services 888-509-4636 > Re-defining the mortgage marketplace for the new millennium I believe it's /var/spool/uucp is the directory it's trying to create the lockfile for cu. Run cu as root, and see if there is a lock file in that directory for the port you are using with cu. If it's not there, it should be too far away. Ian Fink fink@arlut.utexas.edu