[Mailman-Users] mysterious error shell-init: could not get current directory

[Jon Carnes]

On Tuesday 30 October 2001 07:34, Lucas Hofman wrote:
> I have just installed Mailman on a Linux box with postfix as the MTA. I
> have a test list with 4 subscribers.
>
> Now and then (note the uncertaincy of when) is the following block of
> errors displayed on a console window of the machine where Mailman is
> installed:
>
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent
> directories: No such file or directory
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent
> directories: No such file or directory
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent
> directories: No such file or directory
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent
> directories: No such file or directory

Its either a rights problem with one of your directories (where mailman or 
mail does not have read rights), or you are running Debian Linux...

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=45511
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=58942

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Jon Carnes