> Because the error says it cannot use LOCKS. > Because you can't do Unix file locking on a non-Unix file system. > The error does NOT say "Permission denied".
FWIW, the error comes from Emacs's own locking code which doesn't seem to use unix file locking, so the problem comes from elsewhere. Emacs implements its locking protocol using symlinks with names that look like `.#<FILENAME>` and whose content looks like `[email protected]:BOOT_TIME`. Stefan "still not sure exactly where it goes wrong"
