[cvsnt] Re: CVS lock server crashing very often, "cannot lock file"

[Tony Hoyle]

Tobias Rodenbach wrote:

> Upon committing, we get the following message:
> 
> cvs commit -m "Initial version" shr_evc_builder_main.e (in directory
> U:\verification\dragon_systemlevel_es2.0\specman\source\shr_evc_builder\e)
> cvs server: cannot lock
> `D:/cvs/repositories/adit_hw/verification/dragon_systemlevel_es2.0/specman/source/shr_evc_builder/e/shr_evc_builder_main.e,v'.
> 
> This happens just for this one file.
> 
> I hope that anyone can give me a hint...
>
That's not the lockserver, it's an RCS internal lock.

It's possible someone has done an admin -l on it and locked the file... 
try admin -u.

Tony