I'm having problems with mutt and NFS too. I mount /var/spool/mail by
NFS and cant delete mails.
How to fix this?
Thanks, Paulo Henrique
Quoting Obi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Thanks! It actually works ... only if I mount that directly but it
> doesn't work if I use amd specifying nolock! I'll figure it out though.
>
> Thanks again
> graziano
>
> On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 11:51:28PM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Obi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I know this topic already showed up on the mailing list but the solutions
> > >weren't really up to mu case: that is having the file on the local FS!!
> > >
> > >The situation is /home NFS mounted and mutt refusing to do anything to
> > >every file in the home directory because of the dreaded locking
> > >mechanism. THe server is a Debian stable machine and the client is an
> > >unstable Debian client.
> > >
> > >What can I do?
> >
> > If you're running a 2.2 kernel on the NFS client, it tries to do
> > NFS locking by default. If your server doesn't support that you
> > have to mount the NFS partition with the option "nolock". That's all.
> >
> > Mike.
> > --
> > ... somehow I have a feeling the hurting hasn't even begun yet
> > -- Bill, "The Terrible Thunderlizards"
