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Could not lock System prefs.Unix error code -96431284

843798Oct 30 2006 — edited Oct 31 2006

While restarting the application server, we keep getting the following errors. Is there any idea why this could be happening?

WARNING: Couldn't flush system prefs: java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException: Couldn't get file lock.

22:31:22,046 ERROR [STDERR] Oct 30, 2006 10:31:22 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences checkLockFile0ErrorCode
WARNING: Could not lock System prefs.Unix error code -96431284.

22:31:22,047 ERROR [STDERR] Oct 30, 2006 10:31:22 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences syncWorld

Here is the JVM details

java version "1.4.1_05"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_05-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_05-b01, mixed mode)

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