From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Rick Macdonald <rickm@vsl.com>
To: Margaret BRIERTON <margaret@retriever.com.au>
Cc: gnats-devel@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: locked file problem
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:58:00 -0000
Message-id: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10107110757110.24641-100000@sys4>
References: <3B4C0F90.21B042FA@retriever.com.au>
X-SW-Source: 2001-q3/msg00026.html

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Margaret BRIERTON wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I've created a problem report and when i go in and try and query it I get the following problem:
> 
> Error
> 
> 
> 
> Cannot create lock file
> /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm/locks/1.lock
> 
> The PR has not been changed. If this problem persists, please contact a Gnats administrator.
> 
> 
> Can someone please tell me why this is happening?

All these permission problems make me ask if you did not run "make
install" as root. You must do so because it changes the ownership of
certain programs and files to gnats. Please send this output:

ls -al /usr/local/share/gnats/gnats-db/gnats-adm

...RickM...