Re: Locked Apache configuration file

Marc Buyens <marc.buyens@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:12:19 +0100

Well, first of all, you can see it. I use EditPad to edit text files 

etc. and the icon shows a little lock bottom left. When I open the file 

in the editor, it warns me about the file being read-only or in use. Of 

course, it might be a problem of the editor, so I opened the file in 

Notepad. This works, does not give a warning, but when I ask to save the 

file, it sends me in a save as dialogue. When I specify the same 

filename and after confirming that I want to replace the file, the save 

fails.

On 20/03/2010 15:48, Eric Covener wrote:

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Marc Buyens<marc.buyens@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it does not solve the mystery. I
installed the tool and used the search option to find references to the
file, but without result. I am not an expert in these things, but I tried
finding references to the file or its folder, etc. in various ways, but it
does not return any results.
Another thing that I observed is that I can rename the file, but if I do so,
the file is immediately recreated.

What made you think it was "locked" in the first place?  There's a
Vista/Win7 FAQ that lets users edit administrator-owned files by
silently redirecting them as soon as you make changes, but Apache sees
the original.

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