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

[Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>]

Darac Marjal 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?

I don't know, how do I find out?

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