[Mailman-Users] Error message from the web admin

Ashley Horn wahorn at aace.com
Mon Feb 10 19:41:24 CET 2003


I just installed mailman 2.1.1 and everything is working except that
when I create a new list via the web browser I get the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main
    main()
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main
    process_request(doc, cgidata)
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 217, in
process_request
    sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1)
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 226, in create
    _update_maps()
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 47, in
_update_maps
    raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr)
RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias
/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)



However, the list is created and it works fine. Any suggestions?

Ashley Horn




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