On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 11:04:34 -0500 Jeffrey M Kenton <jkenton@iastate.edu> wrote:
Maybe my questions are self-explanatory now, but here goes anyway: if the manager of a particular list loses the admin password for that list, how can I, as the site administrator, regenerate one?
You can use the site password to (re)set a specific list's admin password via that list's admin page.
And, when setting up Mailman there was a small amount of compilation work. To transfer the files from a backup onto another server, do I just need to transfer the entire file structure of the install location (i.e. /home/mailman) ?
Yes, with big caveats:
-- Must be same architecture (eg x86) If not, recompile. -- Must have same hostname Need to reset list configs with with_list -- Must have same VHostname Need to reset list configs with with_list -- Must be installed in same filesystem location Need to reset list configs with with_list -- Must have (reasonably) same version of libC If not, recompile. -- Must have Python installed in same location Edit #! lines in Python scripts etc -- Must have same or later version of Python (Probably) Likely safe.
Barry: Want to drop this in the FAQ? Its a good (if not terribly frequent) question.
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