lockfile problems

[Kenneth Brody]

On 1/13/2016 6:20 PM, hubert kelsheimer via Filepro-list wrote:
> recent problems with old 5.0.13D4 filepro system. it has lockfiles as  soon
> as first person enters the file/database.

That is the correct behavior.

> error message: filename/lockfile permission denied.

Sounds like you have a permissions problem.  Run the "setperms" script.

> this is multiuser system and 2nd person gets the message. it should only
> lock record in use not the whole database.

The lockfile has absolutely nothing to do with record locking.  None.  Nada. 
  Zip.  Zilch.  Zero.  Gornisht.

(Sorry.  It's just that this keeps coming up every now and then, even after 
30+ years.)

> the lockfile is owned by the
> user that enters the file first rw------- letty administrator. when remove
> lockfile then next person can get in etc.

If it's created with an ID other than "filepro", then the program you ran 
which created it has the wrong permissions.

> how can I fix this? any suggestions? is there a config item that I missed?

Run "setperms".

> I have reset perms etc.

"Reset" them, how?

-- 
Kenneth Brody