[GRASSLIST:3831] Re: .gislock problem

[Eric G. Miller]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 10:30:59AM +0200, Wouter Buytaert wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> upgraded to grass5pre4 on my linux mandrake 8.2 system, and starting up
> gives a strange error:
> 
> /usr/local/grass5/etc/Init.sh: /usr/local/grass5/etc/lock: No such file
> or directory
> Can't properly access /home/wouter/.gislock5
> please notify system personel
> 
> However as root (su) I can start up grass
> Changing back to normal user (su wouter) also works

Sounds like a permissions problem.  When you quit GRASS, does
~/.gislock5 go away?  It should.  Is is owned by root?  It shouldn't be.

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>