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Re: repeated system mail, /etc/.pwd.lock ?



On 04/05/2021 07:12, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> I get system mail all the time - I've got 2757 at the moment -
> that tells me that
>
>   [ 4/Apr/2021 22:11:33]
>   IN_CLOSE_WRITE /etc/.pwd.lock
>   * /etc/.pwd.lock is closed
>
> Any clues what that problem might be?
The "IN_" prefix tells you that this is an inotify event. IN_CLOSE_WRITE
fires when a process _had_ the specified file open for writing, but has
just closed it. Perhaps you have an "incron" job somewhere?
>
> TIA
>

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