On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Gnome wants to make a lock file based in the user's home directory.
> This is problematic if the home directory is NFS mounted, as the
> lock then is expected to be manged using statd and/or lockd. The
> history of statd/lockd has been at best chequered; not just in the
> Linux community but in general.
I just got a wonderful email from one of the Gnome developers, so I
can answer my own question -- if users set the variable
GCONF_LOCAL_LOCKS=1
then locks are held in /tmp rather than ~, which neatly solves the
problem.
Regards,
Andrew.
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