[Mailman-Users] CGI problems and lock files

[Mark Barratt]

Ray Gardener wrote:

> Hi, I have recently upgraded to version 2.0.1 of mailman running on 
> Solaris 2.7 with Python 1.5.2.
> 
> This seems to work much more efficiently that the old version but every 
> so often I am locked out of the web interface of certain lists. On 
> inspection there appears to be a large amount of lock files in 
> $prefix/locks to do with these particular lists. Removing these lock 
> files allows me back into the lists. Is this problem a feature and are 
> hanging locks purged periodically? Incidentally though I can see a 
> datastamp I can't see a timestamp on these lock files.
> 

I'm afraid this is a sort-of me-too rather than a solution.
Mine is strange. If I log on to the admin interface from Netscape 6.0, 
all is well. If I log on from IE 5.5 I get a 'server misconfiguration' 
error from Apache. If I then reload the page, everything just hangs. - 
and I can't get back in from Netscape either.

At this point I can find a couple of locks in the lock file. Clearing 
them makes it work OK again - at least from Netscape.

Strange...

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