popper probs with newer 2.1.x kernels

Aaron Dewell (dewell@woods.net)
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 17:22:14 -0800 (AKDT)

I've been trying to upgrade my OS to 2.1.47, 2.1.57, etc. for the past
couple of months. It works ok, except the POP server freaks out. I
get these messages from it:

snowy:~> telnet pop 110
Trying 209.112.190.3.110...
No connection.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK QPOP (version 2.2) at wikt.anc.greatland.net starting.
USER dewell
+OK Password required for dewell.
PASS dadadadedadadeda
-ERR flock: '/var/spool/pop/.dewell.pop': No record locks available (37)
+OK Pop server at wikt.anc.greatland.net signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.

snowy:~> telnet pop 110
Trying 209.112.190.3.110...
No connection.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Welcome to ZPOP server version 1.0 (patchlevel 60423dev).
USER dewell
+OK Password required for dewell.
PASS dadadadedadadeda
+OK dewell logged in
RETR 1
-ERR Could not lock file /var/spool/mail/.dewell.pop: No record locks available.
-ERR No record locks available: pop_dropcopy
+OK ZPOP exiting abnormally at Fri Oct 10 16:34:52 1997

Connection closed by foreign host.

/var/spool/mail is NFS-mounted, which is why I have qpopper using
/var/spool/pop for its lockfiles. This setup works fine with 2.0.27 (that
version being why I want to upgrade it).

Any ideas? I'm at a loss to explain this.

I'm not currently on this list, so if you have a thought, make sure to Cc: me.

Thanks,

Aaron Dewell
dewell@greatland.net