On 31 Mar 1999, Bud Rogers wrote: -> ->Andy Ford <andyford@nothnbut.net> writes: -> ->> Could not open lockfile /var/run/fetch.lck for writing, abort fetch ... ->> Sould I change the permissions on the dir (seems like a bad idea...) ->> or run fetch as root? -> ->I think fetch needs to run as root. -> ->-- -> ->Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net> <A HREF="http://www.sirinet.net/~budr/zamm.html"><A HREF="http://www.sirinet.net/~budr/zamm.html</A">http://www.sirinet.net/~budr/zamm.html</A</A>> ->-- ->To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with ->this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e ->Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the ->archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> -> ./fetch need to run as "news" --> so as root su news once you run fetch... its probably already dld the main list. Start a tin -r as a user and y ank in the main list and subscribe. If you have a network point the news reader to the local ip where leafnode is running. On your machine where leafnode is... use localhost. rob Linux Homepage <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A</A>> S.u.S.E Linux 5.3 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>