Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:55:57 +0300 From: teo@gecadsoftware.com To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: qmail error Message-ID: <20010608205557.A13558@gecadsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.7.33 Ver budsz.0106082245430.1209-100000@linux.tikus-got.org>; from budsan02@bdg.centrin.net.id on Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:55:37PM %2B0700 References: <Pine.LNX.7.33 Ver budsz.0106082245430.1209-100000@linux.tikus-got.org>
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Hi budsz!
On Fri, 08 Jun 2001, budsz wrote:
> Hi...
>
> When i compiled qmail in FreeBSD 4.2 ,i got some message "multilog:
> fatal: unable to lock directory /var/log/qmail: temporary failure"
are you also using daemontools?
we encountered the same problem on our server, and the elegant solution was
to use svc to shut the service down properly (svc -dx <path/to/supervise/dir>)
otherwise,
- check the permisions on that directory (it should be qmail.qnofiles):
# ls -ld /var/log/qmail
- check if there is no other multilog process running and holding the lock on
the directory:
# lsof +d /var/log/qmail
and eventualy kill that/those process(es):
# kill `!! | awk '/multilog/{print $2}'`
hope it helps
cheers,
-- teodor
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