From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/28775 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai=?iso-8859-1?q?_Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: What is the use of /var/lock/news Date: 16 Jan 2000 12:09:57 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <20000114221642.A10969@sre-4-139.urbanet.ch> <20000115083930.A506@sre-4-139.urbanet.ch> <20000116104312.C663@sre-4-139.urbanet.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035165561 31585 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:59:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "(ding)" Return-Path: Original-Received: from bart.math.uh.edu (bart.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.48]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F495D051E for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:13:47 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by bart.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAB08832; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 05:12:17 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sun, 16 Jan 2000 05:11:53 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA17572 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 05:11:40 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de (waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.4.42]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBEBFD051E for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:09:59 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from marcy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (marcy.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.20.159]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id MAA04794; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 12:09:57 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lucy [129.217.20.160]) by marcy.cs.uni-dortmund.de id MAA25572; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 12:09:57 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: (from grossjoh@localhost) by lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-6) id MAA32199; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 12:09:57 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de: grossjoh set sender to Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE using -f Original-To: Pieter Wenk In-Reply-To: Pieter Wenk's message of "Sun, 16 Jan 2000 10:43:12 +0100" Original-Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0804 (Gnus v5.8.4) Emacs/20.5 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28775 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28775 Pieter Wenk writes: > [...] But why leafnode's NNTP server is creating this > file ? I understand this protective measure. But for what > reason leafnode is locking ?[...] It is important that the _first_ instance of Leafnode does the locking. This way, Leafnode can check for the existence of a lock file, and barf if it exists. kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)