Re: [documancer] Failed to lock the lock file

Hi,

Arnd Baecker wrote:
> if I am able to resolve
> this locally (which I have some doubts right now),
> the problem may in general occur for other users as well.

Yes, probably. I already modified Documancer to work even if locking 
fails and I could move the lock file to $TMPDIR (which is almost 
certainly not on NFS volume) after we fix wxSingleInstanceChecker to 
not be vulterable to a DoS attack by another user if he can access 
the lock file.

> BTW: wouldn't a normal file just serve the same purpose
> of saying "There is already a documancer instance running" ?
> (But presumably I am missing something ...)

There would be race condition related to writing and reading process 
PID to/from the lock file.

Regards,
Vaclav

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