Very Computer

by **Ricke** » Tue, 29 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Mandrake 6.0 - Netscape Communicator ver 4.6 - Anybody know what this is
all about . If I right click any file in /root/nsmail Dir. it locks up
machine, have to do hard reset. I can delete the nsmail Dir. but
Netscape puts it right back. Everyting seems to work fine, just a extra
click when I start Netscape. Help please!!!

Thanks,

by **Bruce Linto** » Tue, 29 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Ricker,

Check your /root/.netscape directory. When you exit netscape abnormally the
lock file does not get deleted. Remove the /root/.netscape/lock file and
restart netscape.

Bruce

> Mandrake 6.0 - Netscape Communicator ver 4.6 - Anybody know what this is
> all about . If I right click any file in /root/nsmail Dir. it locks up
> machine, have to do hard reset. I can delete the nsmail Dir. but
> Netscape puts it right back. Everyting seems to work fine, just a extra
> click when I start Netscape. Help please!!!

> Thanks,

by **Bob Glove** » Tue, 29 Jun 1999 04:00:00

First of all, it's a bad idea to run anything as root unless you absolutely
need to. Do yourself a favor and create/use a user account. This will
protect you both from those oopsies. It will also help protect you from
various security vulnerabilities both known and yet-to-be-discovered. For
example: if a user finds a way to execute a command of their choosing, and
you're logged in as a regular user, that would be bad, but if you're logged
in as root, it would be much worse. So much for the sermon.

As for netscape, are you sure that there isn't a stray copy of it still
running somewhere on your computer. Netscape is bad about that. Try:

ps -aux | grep netscape

Happy Computing with Linux!

>Mandrake 6.0 - Netscape Communicator ver 4.6 - Anybody know what this is
>all about . If I right click any file in /root/nsmail Dir. it locks up
>machine, have to do hard reset. I can delete the nsmail Dir. but
>Netscape puts it right back. Everyting seems to work fine, just a extra
>click when I start Netscape. Help please!!!

>Thanks,

by **r.tolg** » Wed, 30 Jun 1999 04:00:00

> Mandrake 6.0 - Netscape Communicator ver 4.6 - Anybody know what this is
> all about . If I right click any file in /root/nsmail Dir. it locks up
> machine, have to do hard reset. I can delete the nsmail Dir. but
> Netscape puts it right back. Everyting seems to work fine, just a extra
> click when I start Netscape. Help please!!!

> Thanks,

When you shutdown x without correctly closing Netscape,
it creates a [ .lock ] file. Just delete this file before
reopening
netscape, and it should be OK.

Very Computer

Netscape has detected a /root/.netscape/lock file????

Netscape has detected a /root/.netscape/lock file????

Netscape has detected a /root/.netscape/lock file????

Netscape has detected a /root/.netscape/lock file????

Netscape has detected a /root/.netscape/lock file????