Odd Global .lockfile problem

[Silas Martinez]

Hi all...

After about a year away, I'm back with a company that uses filepro (the 
same one I was with before, actually). Anyhow, we have a new division 
that is having odd problems with their filepro server.

Specifically, every few minutes, lockfiles are showing up on every file 
in the system. It does not seem to matter whether or not the specific 
file is called anywhere in processing - lockfiles are simply appearing 
when the filepro system is in use.

The system is Debian 3.0, kernel 2.4.27. FilePro version 5.0.14D4. The 
system is not under a significant load - perhaps 2-4 users at a given 
time (at the moment). Other than these lockfile issues, FilePro seems to 
be running fine. I would /suspect/ that it isn't a problem with the 
processing itself, as we have other divisions with the same filepro 
application that are running fine under much heavier loads. However, 
this is the only system we have running under Debian - many divisions 
are running under archaic versions of redhat (which I am phasing out) or 
newer versions of SuSE.

Any clue what could be causing this? As a temporary hack, I have a cron 
job running every few minutes that clears the lockfiles, but I'm fully 
aware that this is not any sort of real solution.

Many thanks!

Silas Martinez
Micro Precision Calibration, Inc.