Mailman 3 May 2000 - Mailman-Users

problem with the openwall kernel patch and mailman
by Andreas Marienborg May 28, 2000

May 28, 2000

Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 87, in ? main() File "/var/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 41, in main mlist = MailList.MailList(name) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 69, in __init__ self.Load() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 858, in Load self.Lock() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1300, in Lock self.__lock.lock() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 209, in lock os.link(self.__lockfile, self.__tmpfname) OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted this error i get in the checkdb and senddigests programs the errors started appearing after i upgraded to 2.2.15-ow1 on of the ow1 patches security enhancing functions is restricting who can own what in +t directories snipped from ow1's README file: --- Restricted links in /tmp -------------------------- I've also added a link-in-+t restriction, originally for Linux 2.0 only, by Andrew Tridgell. I've updated it to prevent from using a hard link in an attack instead, by not allowing regular users to create hard links to files they don't own. This is usually the desired behavior anyway, since otherwise users couldn't remove such links they've just created in a +t directory, and because of disk quotas. Restricted FIFOs in /tmp -------------------------- In addition to restricting links, you might also want to restrict writes into untrusted FIFOs (named pipes), to make data spoofing attacks harder. Enabling this option disallows writing into FIFOs not owned by the user in +t directories, unless the owner is the same as that of the directory or the FIFO is opened without the O_CREAT flag. ---- END SNIP ---- does anyone know if this would be hard to fix in mailman? Andreas

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bulk mailing gone in 2.0?
by Todd C. Miller May 28, 2000

May 28, 2000

The NEWS file in 2.0beta states that "Mailman no longer contains a bundled bulk-mailer" yet there is still the "Number of outgoing connections to open at once" option available. Does mailman still support splitting message submission up into multiple batches? - todd

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Debian distribution
by Francois Sauterey May 28, 2000

May 28, 2000

Is there a 2.0beta2 .deb Debian ? -- IL FAUT SAUVER MUMIA ABU JAMAL ! Francois Sauterey Home: +33 (0) 1 40 33 68 46 email mailto:Francois.Sauterey@ras.eu.org http://www.ras.eu.org http://www.iris.sgdg.org to get my PGP KEY: send me a mail with Subject: send pgp key

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RedHat / RPM distribution of Mailman?
by Mike Cisar May 28, 2000

May 28, 2000

Just wondering if anyone is currently maintaining an RedHat / RPM distribution of Mailman... I just bought a copy of RedHat pro and it is still shipping with the 1.0 version of Mailman. Cheers, >>>>> Mike <<<<<

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List configuration link
by Christopher Adams May 28, 2000

May 28, 2000

I have just inherited a Mailman installation. When I successfully set up a new list, the email that is sent to me points me to a web page fot list configuration. Great, but that domain is that of the person who installed Mailman. So, I figured it must be specified in the Makefile or somewhere else. I couldn't find it. I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction. Thanks. -- Christopher Adams Oregon State Library 503.378.4246 chris(a)opac.osl.state.or.us

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Member adress in instead of the list adress
by J C Lawrence May 27, 2000

May 27, 2000

On Sat, 27 May 2000 12:52:00 +0200 Markus Keller OrcaSoft <m.keller(a)orcasoft.ch> wrote: > Hi List I'm using Mailman V 1.1 and it is a fine programm. Now I > have a little problem with the adress of the members in a list. If > I send a message to the list, the members can only see the adress > of the list in the head of the message (to: > listname(a)domain.com). Certain members have more than one adress > and now they can't unsubscribe because they don't know the right > adress. Is there a way to replace the adress of the list with the > adress of the recipient or - if not - can I add the adress of the > member at the foot of the message or somewhere else? It is a list member's responsibility to keep track of their subscriptions, not yours. If they have lost their records (sadly frequent), just have them wait till the next monthly subscription reminder to find out. -- J C Lawrence Home: claw(a)kanga.nu ----------(*) Other: coder(a)kanga.nu --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--

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ban
by Marko Samastur May 27, 2000

May 27, 2000

Hello, I'm sorry if my question is stupid, but is it possible to ban a user from a mailing list? If not, is somebody working on this or should I volunteer? :) Best regards, Marko

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[Fwd: Cron <mailman@na-tzul> /usr/bin/python /home/mailman/cron/checkdbs]
by Ivan Van Laningham May 27, 2000

May 27, 2000

Hi All-- If this isn't the right list to post a bug report, let me know & I'll send it to the right place. Mailman is still running my list beautifully. <like-democracy,-even-when-it's-broken-it's-better-than-the-alternatives>-ly y'rs, Ivan ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham Axent Technologies, Inc. http://www.pauahtun.org/ http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours

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solution of the operation not permitted on linux
by Ismail Yenigul May 27, 2000

May 27, 2000

hi again i find the solution of this error i removed the Restricted /tmp option in kernel`s Security Part and i recompile the kernel bye /* -ApacHe- */

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Operation Not permitted on Linux
by Ismail Yenigul May 27, 2000

May 27, 2000

hi i have a problem on Linux mailman-2.0beta2 problem is "Operation not Permitted " error when i wantto see listinfo page.. i know that this problem happened because of" hardlink on" in /tmp how can i change to hardlinks to off (i read whole mailing list archive but i could not solution) thanks /* -ApacHe- */

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