Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 22:52:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Richard Olson <rolson@ns.awanet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tip - lock open: Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960913225103.615V-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <323A1C61.2A55@ns.awanet.com>
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On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Richard Olson wrote: > I am attempting to teach myself UNIX. You get what you pay for! > > Read all docs I could find and understand. > > Problem: when I try to run 'tip hayes' I get msg: > "lock open: no such file or directory > all ports busy". Check out the directory /var/spool/lock. The UUCP-style lock files are stored there. Make sure it exists and has permissions of the following: drwxrwxr-x 2 uucp 68 512 Sep 13 21:44 lock/ > Pre problem: > I used 'tip' from /root successfully and connected to my ISP. > I tried to use tip from 2nd virtual console and receive above msg. Make sure you don't have a second copy of tip you've left running. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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