Membership List Retrieval Issue - Permissions
I am the creator and administrator of all lists I've set up on a mailman install and my email is listed under general options of list administrator When I send a -request message with who in subject line, I get a bounce that I dont have permission to get list of members. This only happens with lists that I am NOT subscribed to, otherwise no problem.
I assume there is a setting somewhere I'm missing? I'd rather not have to join each list
Thanks (Mark :>) ) in advance.
Brian Luria wrote:
I am the creator and administrator of all lists I've set up on a mailman install and my email is listed under general options of list administrator When I send a -request message with who in subject line, I get a bounce that I dont have permission to get list of members. This only happens with lists that I am NOT subscribed to, otherwise no problem.
The roster (via web or email 'who' command) is available to Anyone, List members or List admin only depending on the setting of Privacy Options...->Subscription rules->private_roster.
It seems that your lists are set up with the roster restricted to members. If that is the case, the simple format of the email 'who' command is
who <password>
If you are the list admin and not also a list member, you can supply the list admin or moderator password, and in Mailman 2.1.10, this will have the additional benefit of showing hidden members.
Also see <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.060.htp> for a different aspect of this subject.
Note that the email 'who' command has different syntax depending on the setting of private_roster. If you send a 'help' command to a list's -request address, you will get a description of the various requests with the appropriate syntax for that list.
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
when I put the who command in, I supplied the password to no avail. The privacy option is restricted to list members but you're saying having password in subject line should allow viewing of the list..correct? If so, that doesn't seem to be working.
On 9/23/07, Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> wrote:
Brian Luria wrote:
I am the creator and administrator of all lists I've set up on a mailman install and my email is listed under general options of list administrator When I send a -request message with who in subject line, I get a bounce that I dont have permission to get list of members. This only happens with lists that I am NOT subscribed to, otherwise no problem.
The roster (via web or email 'who' command) is available to Anyone, List members or List admin only depending on the setting of Privacy Options...->Subscription rules->private_roster.
It seems that your lists are set up with the roster restricted to members. If that is the case, the simple format of the email 'who' command is
who <password>
If you are the list admin and not also a list member, you can supply the list admin or moderator password, and in Mailman 2.1.10, this will have the additional benefit of showing hidden members.
Also see <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.060.htp> for a different aspect of this subject.
Note that the email 'who' command has different syntax depending on the setting of private_roster. If you send a 'help' command to a list's -request address, you will get a description of the various requests with the appropriate syntax for that list.
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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Brian Luria wrote:
when I put the who command in, I supplied the password to no avail. The privacy option is restricted to list members but you're saying having password in subject line should allow viewing of the list..correct? If so, that doesn't seem to be working.
You are correct. It is a bug. The bug is already fixed (inadvertently) by the Mailman 2.1.10 changes to show hidden members to the admin/moderator. The following patch to Mailman/Commands/cmd_who.py (caveat: compiled, but not tested) should fix recent versions through 2.1.9. --- cmd_who.py 2005-08-26 18:40:17.000000000 -0700 +++ cmd_whox.py 2007-09-24 17:10:39.500000000 -0700 @@ -90,10 +90,11 @@ usage(res) return STOP if mlist.isMember(address) and mlist.Authenticate( - (mm_cfg.AuthUser, - mm_cfg.AuthListModerator, + (mm_cfg.AuthUser), + password, address) or mlist.Authenticate( + (mm_cfg.AuthListModerator, mm_cfg.AuthListAdmin), - password, address): + password): # Then ok = 1 else: -- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Mark Sapiro wrote:
You are correct. It is a bug. The bug is already fixed (inadvertently) by the Mailman 2.1.10 changes to show hidden members to the admin/moderator. The following patch to Mailman/Commands/cmd_who.py (caveat: compiled, but not tested) should fix recent versions through 2.1.9.
Or you could go to <http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/files> and browse to Mailman/Commands and download the latest cmd_who.py which will give you the 'show hidden members' changes too.
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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