Hi. working with apt throught webmin, sometimes I get these messages: --- error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm --- I think that's probably a mistake of mine (maybe launching apt from two sessions :-(), still, is there any way to figure out who or what is locking a specific file? regards, ===== Riccardo G. Facchini
Hi Riccardo, [ snip ]
--- I think that's probably a mistake of mine (maybe launching apt from two sessions :-(), still, is there any way to figure out who or what is locking a specific file?
[ snip ] You answered yourself ;) you cannot run 'rpm' twice at the same time... To see which files are being locked/used, try lsof HTH, Martin
--- Martin Mielke <__> wrote:
Hi Riccardo,
[ snip ]
--- I think that's probably a mistake of mine (maybe launching apt from two sessions :-(), still, is there any way to figure out who or what is locking a specific file?
[ snip ]
You answered yourself ;) you cannot run 'rpm' twice at the same time...
To see which files are being locked/used, try lsof
HTH, Martin
[snip] sorry, I probably mis-written the question. I was trying to figure out who was locking the file and I wasn't able to find what happened to that particular process, so I described what was going on. the right question was: how to figure out who is locking/using a file? thanks for your answer. Is the one I was looking for. regards, ===== Riccardo G. Facchini
Riccardo Facchini wrote:
--- Martin Mielke <__> wrote:
Hi Riccardo,
[ snip ]
--- I think that's probably a mistake of mine (maybe launching apt from
two
sessions :-(), still, is there any way to figure out who or what is locking a specific file?
[ snip ]
You answered yourself ;) you cannot run 'rpm' twice at the same time...
To see which files are being locked/used, try lsof
HTH, Martin
[snip]
sorry, I probably mis-written the question. I was trying to figure out who was locking the file and I wasn't able to find what happened to that particular process, so I described what was going on.
the right question was: how to figure out who is locking/using a file?
thanks for your answer. Is the one I was looking for.
regards,
===== Riccardo G. Facchini
lsof
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