Configuration Locked

[Eric Brunson]

I had to kill a hung smart process and now my configuration is locked.  
I've found the "--ignore-locks" option, but I haven't found an option to 
remove the lock.  Is there any solution other than writing my own python 
script that opens the config, releases the lock and writes it back?

This is exactly the kind of inelegance I was alluding to in my previous 
email questioning the rationale of having a pickled config.