Mailman 3 March 2001 - Mailman-Developers

> [#318434@bbs.pixel.citadel.org] Mar 13 2001 5:51pm from P
by room_maildev＠bbs.pixel.citadel.org 13 Mar '01

13 Mar '01

> [#318434(a)bbs.pixel.citadel.org] Mar 13 2001 5:51pm from Patriot @pixel > That's what I get each time this happens (UI have a crappy ISP.) > > > Hmm. Apparently my cut and paste went horribly awry: Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): Traceback (innermost last): Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 222, in ? Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): main() Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 203, in main Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): process_lists(lock) Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 148, in process_lists Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): conn, first, last = open_newsgroup(mlist) Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 75, in open_newsgroup Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): password=mm_cfg.NNTP_PASSWORD) Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/nntplib.py", line 111, in __init__ Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port)) Mar 12 17:35:00 2001 gate_news(20198): socket . error : (113, 'No route to host')

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by room_maildev＠bbs.pixel.citadel.org 13 Mar '01

13 Mar '01

That's what I get each time this happens (UI have a crappy ISP.)

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The error log's not showing me anything useful...nothing I
by room_maildev＠bbs.pixel.citadel.org 13 Mar '01

13 Mar '01

The error log's not showing me anything useful...nothing I didn't already know anyhow. It shows me that the connection to my news server was refused (they were working on it). The fromusenet log: Mar 13 15:15:01 2001 (32476) Could not acquire gate_news lock There's a ton of those (every 5 minutes, <wink>). Again, the ONLY thing I can see it could be is that the lock file didn't wipe itself because of the newsserver being crapped out. And I shoulda realized that in 10 hours it would have fixed itself. but even so I ain't that patient. :)

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I'm using 2.0.1, currently, I should have mentioned that.
by room_maildev＠bbs.pixel.citadel.org 13 Mar '01

13 Mar '01

I'm using 2.0.1, currently, I should have mentioned that. Thanks for getting back so quickly. :) What I've been seeing is this (and please note, there's not timestamp on the lockfiles that are created, only a datestamp): ~mailman/locks/gate_news.lock ~mailman/gate_news.lock.my.hostname.org.pid And then also the newsgroup lock files. Recently I've been having problems with my ISP's newsserver and all I'm seeing are the gate_news.lock files. They don't seem to go away (but I have no way of PROVING that because there's no time stamps. Sample: -rw-rw-r-- 2 mailman mailman 58 Mar 14 2001 gate_news.lock -rw-rw-r-- 2 mailman mailman 58 Mar 14 2001 gate_news.lock.my.host.org.pid However, I DID have one that was a day old, which is where I'm presuming this problem is coming from. After I removed the lock, the next time gate_news runs it imports the newsgroups (assuming the news server is up). That's about the only place where I see the problem, and like I said, removing the lockfiles makes it work the next time around. If I'm on the wrong track for debugging this let me know so I can take a look in the right place. :)

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Small patch concerning Debian bug #50583
by Tollef Fog Heen 13 Mar '01

13 Mar '01

Hi, I am the new Debian maintainer of Mailman, which means that I'll probably bug some of you concerning old bugs.. :) If any of the bugs listed at http://bugs.debian.org/mailman are fixed, I'd like to know, so that I can close them. (The bug report is at http://bugs.debian.org/50583 ). The patch is simple: --- bin/newlist~ Sat Mar 3 06:58:19 2001 +++ bin/newlist Tue Mar 13 17:06:48 2001 @@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ }) msg = Message.UserNotification( owner_mail, - 'mailman-owner@' + mlist.host_name, + MAILMAN_OWNER, +# 'mailman-owner@' + mlist.host_name, 'Your new mailing list: ' + listname, text) HandlerAPI.DeliverToUser(mlist, msg) However, it seems like mailman-owner is hard coded into templates/newlist.txt as well. -- Tollef Fog Heen Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.

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Playing with i18n
by Juan Carlos Rey Anaya 13 Mar '01

13 Mar '01

I have uploaded my local copy of - English and spanish templates - spanish catalog, updated to March, 13th 2001 at ftp://ftp.uma.es/pub/mailman For those who would like to play with i18n. Cheers -- ___ / F \ [[[]]]] ( O O ) #----------------0000--(_)--0000---------------# | Juan Carlos Rey Anaya (jcrey(a)uma.es) | | Servicio Central de informática | | Universidad de Málaga - España | #----------------------------------------------#

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ANNOUNCE Mailman 2.0.3
by barry＠digicool.com 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

I'm sorry folks. As some of you are aware, a small but nasty typo snuck its way into the Mailman 2.0.2 release, necessitating a bug fix patch. Thus I've just uploaded Mailman 2.0.3 to SourceForge. I highly recommend that you upgrade to this version. As usual I'm releasing this as both a complete tarball and as a patch against Mailman 2.0.2. You /must/ update your source to 2.0.2 before applying the 2.0.3 patch. Since the patch is small, I'm including it in this message. To apply, cd into your 2.0.2 source tree and apply it like so: % patch -p0 < mailman-2.0.2-2.0.3.diff Currently both http://mailman.sourceforge.net and http://www.list.org are updated, and I expect the gnu.org site to be updated soon as well. The release information on SF is at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=27001 -Barry P.S. It was nice to meet so many Mailman fans at IPC9! It was also quite cool to finally meet Thomas Wouters. Don't worry Thomas, I won't hold this one against ya. :) [From the NEWS file] 2.0.3 (12-Mar-2001) Bug fix release. There was a small typo in 2.0.2 in ListAdmin.py for approving an already subscribed member (thanks Thomas!). Also, an update to the OpenWall security workaround (contrib/securelinux_fix.py) was included. Thanks to Marc Merlin. Index: NEWS =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.25.2.2 retrieving revision 1.25.2.4 diff -u -r1.25.2.2 -r1.25.2.4 --- NEWS 2001/03/03 06:51:26 1.25.2.2 +++ NEWS 2001/03/12 19:32:10 1.25.2.4 @@ -1,8 +1,15 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman. + +2.0.3 (12-Mar-2001) + + Bug fix release. There was a small typo in 2.0.2 in ListAdmin.py + for approving an already subscribed member (thanks Thomas!). + Also, an update to the OpenWall security workaround + (contrib/securelinux_fix.py) was included. Thanks to Marc Merlin. 2.0.2 (03-Mar-2001) Index: README.LINUX =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/README.LINUX,v retrieving revision 1.6 retrieving revision 1.6.2.1 diff -u -r1.6 -r1.6.2.1 --- README.LINUX 2000/09/19 17:25:23 1.6 +++ README.LINUX 2001/03/12 19:21:50 1.6.2.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System -Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA GNU/LINUX ISSUES @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ can cause "Operation not permitted" errors in MailList.Save() -- you will see a traceback. You must turn restricted hardlinks off. This is also known under the name of Openwall Security Patches. + +There is a workaround for this problem, you can use securelinux_fix.py +in the contrib directory (see the README.securelinux_fix.py). Note +that the script will not work until you move it in your installed +Mailman tree in the bin directory. Index: Mailman/ListAdmin.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py,v retrieving revision 1.47.2.1 retrieving revision 1.47.2.4 diff -u -r1.47.2.1 -r1.47.2.4 --- Mailman/ListAdmin.py 2001/03/02 23:32:15 1.47.2.1 +++ Mailman/ListAdmin.py 2001/03/07 23:26:49 1.47.2.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ # subscribe assert value == mm_cfg.SUBSCRIBE try: - self.ApprovedAddMember(addr, password, digest, lang) - except Errors.MMAlreadyMember: + self.ApprovedAddMember(addr, password, digest) + except Errors.MMAlreadyAMember: # User has already been subscribed, after sending the request pass # TBD: disgusting hack: ApprovedAddMember() can end up closing Index: Mailman/Version.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/Version.py,v retrieving revision 1.20.2.2 retrieving revision 1.20.2.3 diff -u -r1.20.2.2 -r1.20.2.3 --- Mailman/Version.py 2001/03/03 06:19:15 1.20.2.2 +++ Mailman/Version.py 2001/03/07 23:25:41 1.20.2.3 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. # Mailman version -VERSION = "2.0.2" +VERSION = "2.0.3" # And as a hex number in the manner of PY_VERSION_HEX ALPHA = 0xa @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MAJOR_REV = 2 MINOR_REV = 0 -MICRO_REV = 2 +MICRO_REV = 3 REL_LEVEL = FINAL # at most 15 beta releases! REL_SERIAL = 0 Index: admin/www/download.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/admin/www/download.ht,v retrieving revision 1.5.2.2 retrieving revision 1.5.2.4 diff -u -r1.5.2.2 -r1.5.2.4 --- admin/www/download.ht 2001/03/03 06:18:47 1.5.2.2 +++ admin/www/download.ht 2001/03/12 19:33:49 1.5.2.4 @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ <h3>Downloading</h3> <p>Version -(<!-VERSION--->2.0.2<!-VERSION--->, +(<!-VERSION--->2.0.3<!-VERSION--->, released on -<!-DATE--->Mar 3 2001<!-DATE--->) +<!-DATE--->Mar 12 2001<!-DATE--->) is the current GNU release. It is available from the following mirror sites: <ul> Index: admin/www/download.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/admin/www/download.html,v retrieving revision 1.6.2.4 retrieving revision 1.6.2.6 diff -u -r1.6.2.4 -r1.6.2.6 --- admin/www/download.html 2001/03/03 06:18:47 1.6.2.4 +++ admin/www/download.html 2001/03/12 19:33:49 1.6.2.6 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <HTML>  - +   2.0.2<!-VERSION--->, +(<!-VERSION--->2.0.3<!-VERSION--->, released on -<!-DATE--->Mar 3 2001<!-DATE--->) +<!-DATE--->Mar 12 2001<!-DATE--->) is the current GNU release. It is available from the following mirror sites: <ul> Index: contrib/README.securelinux_fix =================================================================== RCS file: README.securelinux_fix diff -N README.securelinux_fix --- /dev/null Mon Dec 11 17:26:27 2000 +++ contrib/README.securelinux_fix Mon Mar 12 11:49:35 2001 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +The securelinux_fix.py script, if copied in your installed +~mailman/bin/ directory and run from there will modify permissions of +files so that Mailman works despite the securelinux (aka openwall) +symbolic and hard link restrictions. + +The way it works is that it makes sure that the UID of any script that +touches config.db is `mailman'. What this means however is that +scripts in ~mailman/bin will now only work if run as user mailman or +root (the script then changes its UID and GID to mailman). + +Enjoy +Marc MERLIN <marcsoft(a)merlins.org>/<marc_bts(a)valinux.com> Index: contrib/securelinux_fix.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/contrib/securelinux_fix.py,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.2.2.1 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.2.2.1 --- contrib/securelinux_fix.py 2000/11/09 02:07:01 1.2 +++ contrib/securelinux_fix.py 2001/03/12 19:25:04 1.2.2.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #! /usr/bin/env python # -# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ Mailman. The idea is that config.db files have to be owned by the mailman UID and only touched by programs that are UID mailman. -If you have to run check_perms -f, make sure to also run %(PROGRAM) -f, which -applies the necessary permission fixes +If you have to run check_perms -f, make sure to also run securelinux_fix.py +-f, which applies the necessary permission fixes. -As a result, to prevent anyone from running priviledged Mailman commands -\(since the scripts are suid), binary commands that are changed to be SUID are -also unreadable and unrunable by people who aren't in the mailman group. This +As a result, to prevent anyone from running privileged Mailman commands (since +the scripts are suid), binary commands that are changed to be SUID are also +unreadable and unrunnable by people who aren't in the mailman group. This shouldn't affect much since most of those commands would fail work if you weren't part of the mailman group anyway. @@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ from Mailman import mm_cfg from Mailman.mm_cfg import MAILMAN_UID, MAILMAN_GID from stat import * - -PROGRAM = sys.argv[0] # Those are the programs that we patch so that they insist being run under the # mailman uid or as root.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] MM 2.0.2: AttributeError: MMAlreadyMember
by Detlef Neubauer 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Thomas Wouters <thomas(a)xs4all.net> writes: > > | admin(4109): NameError: lang > > > when i will to approve a new member. The refuse funktion is working. > > The solution is to remove the last argument in the call to > 'self.ApprovedAddMember', turning > > self.ApprovedAddMember(addr, password, digest, lang) > > into > > self.ApprovedAddMember(addr, password, digest) > Hello Thomas, thanks for your fast support. I try it and it works. :-) Gruß Detlef Neubauer -- PGP-Key auf http://germany.keyserver.net/

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] MM 2.0.2: AttributeError: MMAlreadyMember
by Detlef Neubauer 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Thomas Wouters <thomas(a)xs4all.net> writes: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 05:11:41PM -0500, Mentor Cana wrote: > > > Here is the error I get when attempting to approve subscription Request on > > "confirm+approval" list. > > > admin(15231): File "/opt/home/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 331, in __handlesubscription > > admin(15231): except Errors.MMAlreadyMember: > > admin(15231): AttributeError: MMAlreadyMember > > .... > > My typo. You can fix it manually by changing line 331 of > ListAdmin.py to 'except Errors.MMAlreadyAMember:'. Note the extra > 'A' between 'Already' and 'Member'. Hello, i have the same problem and i fix it. But now i get ,----[ log/error ] | Mar 12 15:19:33 2001 admin(4109): @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ | admin(4109): [----- Mailman Version: 2.0.2 -----] | admin(4109): [----- Traceback ------] | admin(4109): Traceback (innermost last): | admin(4109): File "/home/mailman/scripts/driver", line 96, in run_main | admin(4109): main() | admin(4109): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 88, in main | admin(4109): HandleRequests(mlist, doc, cgidata) | admin(4109): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 271, in HandleRequests | admin(4109): preserve, forward, forwardaddr) | admin(4109): File "../Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 133, in HandleRequest | admin(4109): status = self.__handlesubscription(data, value, comment) | admin(4109): File "../Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 330, in __handlesubscription | admin(4109): self.ApprovedAddMember(addr, password, digest, lang) | admin(4109): NameError: lang | admin(4109): [----- Python Information -----] | admin(4109): sys.version = 1.5.2 (#1, Jun 5 2000, 12:50:00) [GCC egcs-2.91.60 19981201 (egcs-1.1.1 | admin(4109): sys.executable = /usr/local/bin/python | admin(4109): sys.prefix = /usr/local/bin/../stow/python-1.5.2 | admin(4109): sys.exec_prefix= /usr/local/bin/../stow/python-1.5.2 | admin(4109): sys.path = /usr/local/bin/../stow/python-1.5.2 | admin(4109): sys.platform = linux2 `---- when i will to approve a new member. The refuse funktion is working. Sorry for my english. Gruß Detlef Neubauer -- PGP-Key auf http://germany.keyserver.net/

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DCS Newsletter (03/11/2001)
by Dynamic Computer Systems 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

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