dtmail and nfs
2007-12-25 11:55:00
> when starting dtmail on my Solaris 2.5 box, it complains that it is unable
> to obtain exclusive access to my mailbox. ~/.dt/errrorlog contains:
>
> libDtMail: ttdt_file_join error: path '/var/mail/user' Tt_status (1028)
> TT_ERR_FILE File object could not be found.
>
> I suspect that the reason for this problem is that /var/mail is mounted
> through the automounter from a SunOS 4 server.
The answer is:
1. Make sure ToolTalk is running on your mailserver. If not install it
with /usr/openwin/bin/install_tt.
2. Also the ToolTalk patch 100626-08 needs to be installed on the
mailserver.
Thanks for the usefull answers from:
Kevin Davidson <tkld@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Colin J. Wynne <cwynne@brutus.mts.jhu.edu>
Michael Sullivan <mike@trdlnk.com>
Mr T Crummey <tom@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
Regards,
Lutz
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