title: Sphinx searchd: failed to lock .spl file, no such file or directory
body: <p>I use sphinx for indexing on my development environment, and it is working fine. But when i take it to the server. I can index and I have the indexes with search working on them, but everytime I run the command: searchd --config configfile , it gives me an error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Failed to lock .spl file, no such file or directory. not indexing
  
  Fatal: no valid indexes to serve.
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  <p>I gave permissions to write to that directory, so I am pretty sure it is not a permission issue. What could it be? Help please, it's been two weeks of trying to solve it with no success. I am really frustrated. Thanks</p>