Re: [UUG/MLUG] Server Problem - Please Help

[Keith Kleiner <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Uh, when you say restarting the server, I guess you just restarted the
httpd server or something, but not the entire machine.  Assuming this,
then I suppose the files are still being held open because the processes
became zombies and were then picked up by init.  Is it possible to restart
init without restarting the machine, or just to tell it to kill some of
its children?

...keith

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, John wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>     I'm now experiencing a lot of fun due to a program I installed,
> and which ran amuck.
> 
>     It seems the script malfunctioned.  It had spawned about 60
> copies of itself and somehow ran the server out of file handles.
> 
>     Now, whenever I try to open any inboxes in Pine, etc. it's
> saying "Folder is Read-Only", and IMAP can't delete messages (move
> them to deleted folder on server), etc.  IMAP (accessed via NS Comm.
> 4.5) gives an error message of : "The current command did not
> succeed.  The mail server responded: CHECK failed: Checkpoint file
> failure: File exists"
> 
>     Any idea on how to reclaim these handles?  (I've tried shutting
> the server down, and reupping; no luck)  If there's something else
> that comes to mind, or the error isn't involving file handles, don't
> hesitate to shout :)
> 
>             Best, John.
> 
>