[Mailman-Users] Huge mailman/logs/locks file ?

Dan Mick Dan.Mick at west.sun.com
Wed Aug 16 19:53:44 CEST 2000


PPPindia wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> /mailman/logs/locks file is getting bigger and bigger day by day.
> Now its size is 17MB
> 
> And the file just contains the following repeated many times
> 
> Aug 16 08:20:00 2000 (9188) pppshar.lock kickstarted
> (9188) netgrowth-members.lock kickstarted
> 
> Can i delete this file now ? 

Yes; it's output-only. 

> Will it affect the current lists ?
> Do i have to do anything after deleting it to re-create the file ?

Don't think so, if permissions are right.  However, the fact that it
keeps saying "kickstarted" is indicative of a problem; locking isn't
working right for some reason.

> Thanks in advance for any help




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