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Hi folks,
I sense that this may be a FAQ, but I can't find a clear source of information about it.
I am running mailman with Postfix and Apache. Everything seems to be okay. I have created a user and group called "mailman" and changed the ownership of everything in the main mailman director (/usr/local/mailman) to mailman:mailman.
However, whenever I use the web-based admin tools, the ownership of files:
-rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
changes to:
-rw-rw---- 1 www mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db -rw-rw---- 1 www mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
and I then get permission errors from the cron job "qrunner" until I change permissions back to mailman:mailman.
I suspect that something needed to be done with the -gid or -uid configure options, but the INSTALL notes weren't clear enough for me.
Could anyone help? Thanks,
michael geary
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I'd noticed that when I create a list from the web, the directory for that list is owned by 'www' rather than mailman... I didn't check the stuff inside it at the time, but I have a feeling the files you refer to were probably also owned by www.
I don't remember any cron job problems, but then again I deleted those lists pretty quickly, because they were just my attempts to experiment with virtual domains.
Greg Westin greg@gregwestin.com
<quote who="Michael Geary">
Hi folks,
I sense that this may be a FAQ, but I can't find a clear source of information about it.
I am running mailman with Postfix and Apache. Everything seems to be okay. I have created a user and group called "mailman" and changed the ownership of everything in the main mailman director (/usr/local/mailman) to mailman:mailman.
However, whenever I use the web-based admin tools, the ownership of files:
-rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
changes to:
-rw-rw---- 1 www mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db -rw-rw---- 1 www mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
and I then get permission errors from the cron job "qrunner" until I change permissions back to mailman:mailman.
I suspect that something needed to be done with the -gid or -uid configure options, but the INSTALL notes weren't clear enough for me.
Could anyone help? Thanks,
michael geary
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
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So, you're saying that this has happened to you as well? Did you find the fix?
Thanks,
mg
On Monday, August 26, 2002, at 02:42 PM, Greg Westin wrote:
I'd noticed that when I create a list from the web, the directory for that list is owned by 'www' rather than mailman... I didn't check the stuff inside it at the time, but I have a feeling the files you refer to were probably also owned by www.
I don't remember any cron job problems, but then again I deleted those lists pretty quickly, because they were just my attempts to experiment with virtual domains.
Greg Westin greg@gregwestin.com
<quote who="Michael Geary">
Hi folks,
I sense that this may be a FAQ, but I can't find a clear source of information about it.
I am running mailman with Postfix and Apache. Everything seems to be okay. I have created a user and group called "mailman" and changed the ownership of everything in the main mailman director (/usr/local/mailman) to mailman:mailman.
However, whenever I use the web-based admin tools, the ownership of files:
-rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
changes to:
-rw-rw---- 1 www mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db -rw-rw---- 1 www mailman 4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
and I then get permission errors from the cron job "qrunner" until I change permissions back to mailman:mailman.
I suspect that something needed to be done with the -gid or -uid configure options, but the INSTALL notes weren't clear enough for me.
Could anyone help? Thanks,
michael geary
Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
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No, I don't have any idea what the problem was, unfortunately. Let me know if you find out, please.
Greg
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So, you're saying that this has happened to you as well? Did you find the fix?
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