On 4/15/2010 1:35 PM, Geoff Shang wrote:
So does this mean any changes to the instructions you send the other day?
The steps I sent the other day are OK as is, but some uncertainty is removed. Here are some notes.
- Create a list the cPanel way on cPanel. it should have the same name as the existing list which I'll call listname, and create it in the appropriate domain which I'll call example.com.
This will result in cPanel creating a directory named (I think) /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/lists/listname_example.com/ This directory will contain at least a file named config.pck
OK
- Move the config.pck in step 1) aside and replace it with the lists/listname/config.pck from your server.
OK
- Step 1 should also have created a directory named (I think) /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/private/listname_example.com.mbox/ which I think will be empty. Put the /archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox file from your server in this directory. I'm not sure whether it's name should be listname_example.com.mbox or listname.mbox. In fact I'm not sure of any of the names, but you should be able to adjust them as required by looking at other lists. Also, make sure ownership and permissions are consistent with other lists.
The file name will be listname_example.com.mbox, the same as the directory.
- Here's where it gets tricky. I'm assuming that the command line tools will be in /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/ and that they will work. This assumption may be overly optimistic. Perhaps these next steps should be tested before you begin.
They are there and they should work.
cd to /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman and do bin/dumpdb on the config.pck you moved aside in step 2. Look at the values for the following attributes:
host_name real_name web_page_url
I expect these will be 'example.com', 'Listname', and 'http://example.com/mailman/' respectively. The real question will be if there is some other list attribute whose value is 'listname_example.com'. I suspect not, but if there is, for discussion let's say its name is xxx.
Now we hope withlist works. Do
bin/withlist -l listname_example.com
Hopefully this will respond
Loading list listname_example.com (locked) The variable `m' is the test MailList instance
Then at the >>> prompts type
m.hostname = 'example.com' m.web_page_url = 'http://example.com/mailman/'
or what ever the actual values were from dumpdb. If the value of real_name differed from 'listname' only in case, you don't need to change it. You can change it later if desired in the web UI. If you want to be sure, type
m.real_name
which will respond with what this was on your host which is probably what is wanted, i.e. something which differs only in case from 'listname'.
If there was some xxx attribute with a value 'listname_example.com', type
m.xxx = 'listname_example.com'
or whatever is appropriate to match the cPanel config.pck. Finally type
m.Save()
and then control-D at the succeeding prompt and withlist should respond
Unlocking (but not saving) list: listname_example.com Finalizing
Note that if the only changes required are host_name and web_page_url, you should be able to replace the entire withlist interaction with
bin/withlist -l -r fix_url listname -u example.com
but that adds another unknown, potentially buggy piece to the process.
This entire step should be OK to just do
bin/withlist -l -r fix_url listname_example.com -u example.com
without worrying about the dumpdb or the interactive withlist.
- For the archives, you should be able to do
bin/arch --wipe listname_example.com
Which should work without having to specify the path to the .mbox.
but here again we have the problem that cPanel's patches are incomplete and only address those things they expect to be used so the above command may not work. If it fails, you could try
bin/arch --wipe listname_example.com path/to/listname.mbox
where path/to/listname.mbox is an absolute or relative path to the file you created at step 3.
Basically, the whole process is the same as the non cPanel case.
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