diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.java
index bb4caa3cb87..c899272678b 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class CommonMessages extends NLS {
 	public static String MSG_COMM_AUTH_FAILED;
 	public static String MSG_COMM_AUTH_FAILED_DETAILS;
 	public static String MSG_COMM_NETWORK_ERROR;
+	public static String MSG_LOCK_TIMEOUT;
 
 	public static String MSG_EXPAND_FAILED;
 	public static String MSG_EXPAND_CANCELLED;
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.properties b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.properties
index 78feefcfdcf..4a4d77ba93f 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.properties
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/CommonMessages.properties
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ MSG_COMM_AUTH_FAILED_DETAILS=Authentication with {0} failed because the password
 MSG_COMM_NETWORK_ERROR=Operation failed due to network I/O error ''{0}''
 
 MSG_ERROR_UNEXPECTED=An unexpected error occurred.
+MSG_LOCK_TIMEOUT=A timeout occurred while trying to acquire a shared resource.
                
               
 MSG_EXPAND_FAILED    = Expand failed. Try again
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/ICommonMessageIds.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/ICommonMessageIds.java
index 84e0bfedada..32f6abfb7b9 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/ICommonMessageIds.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/ICommonMessageIds.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public interface ICommonMessageIds {
 	public static final String MSG_EXCEPTION_MOVING   = "RSEG1065"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	public static final String MSG_ERROR_UNEXPECTED   = "RSEG8002"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	public static final String MSG_LOCK_TIMEOUT = "RSEG9999";//FIXME //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	public static final String MSG_COMM_AUTH_FAILED 		= "RSEC1002"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	public static final String MSG_COMM_PWD_INVALID			= "RSEC1004"; //$NON-NLS-1$
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/SystemLockTimeoutException.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/SystemLockTimeoutException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14c7d2a1e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services/clientserver/org/eclipse/rse/services/clientserver/messages/SystemLockTimeoutException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Wind River Systems, Inc. and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.messages;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when a remote operation requires an exclusive lock on some
+ * resources, such as a shared Mutex for some channel, and a timeout occurs
+ * acquiring that resource.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class SystemLockTimeoutException extends SystemMessageException {
+
+	/**
+	 * A serialVersionUID is recommended for all serializable classes. This
+	 * trait is inherited from Throwable. This should be updated if there is a
+	 * schema change for this class.
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	/**
+	 * . * Default Constructor
+	 * 
+	 * @param pluginId ID of the plugin in which the problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public SystemLockTimeoutException(String pluginId) {
+		super(getMyMessage(pluginId, null));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor with a detail message.
+	 * 
+	 * @param pluginId ID of the plugin in which the problem occurred.
+	 */
+	public SystemLockTimeoutException(String pluginId, String detailMsg) {
+		super(getMyMessage(pluginId, detailMsg));
+	}
+
+	private static SystemMessage getMyMessage(String pluginId, String detailMsg) {
+		return new SimpleSystemMessage(pluginId, ICommonMessageIds.MSG_LOCK_TIMEOUT, IStatus.ERROR, CommonMessages.MSG_LOCK_TIMEOUT, detailMsg);
+	}
+
+}