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Stephen Early writes ("Mailman bug"):
When trying to view the subscribers list of 'troubadours', which is only available to list members, and providing a bogus address and password:
Bug in Mailman version 1.0b11
Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in run_main main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/roster.py", line 61, in main list.ConfirmUserPassword(id, pw) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/SecurityManager.py", line 76, in ConfirmUserPassword raise Errors.MMNotAMemberError MMNotAMemberError
I'm using Mailman 1.0b11. I installed it as a home-made Debian package, using the debianisation patch from Debian's 1.0b8-3.
(The lists are at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo etc.)
Ian.
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"IJ" == Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
IJ> I'm using Mailman 1.0b11. I installed it as a home-made
IJ> Debian package, using the debianisation patch from Debian's
IJ> 1.0b8-3.
IJ> (The lists are at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/mailman/listinfo
IJ> etc.)
Simple patch. Thanks for the report. -Barry
Index: roster.py
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/roster.py,v retrieving revision 1.5 retrieving revision 1.6 diff -c -r1.5 -r1.6 *** roster.py 1998/12/27 20:04:02 1.5 --- roster.py 1999/04/28 02:23:32 1.6
*** 60,66 **** try: list.ConfirmUserPassword(id, pw) except (Errors.MMBadUserError, ! Errors.MMBadPasswordError): bad = ("%s subscriber authentication failed." % list.real_name) else: --- 60,67 ---- try: list.ConfirmUserPassword(id, pw) except (Errors.MMBadUserError, ! Errors.MMBadPasswordError, ! Errors.MMNotAMemberError): bad = ("%s subscriber authentication failed." % list.real_name) else:
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Running Mailman 1.0b11 under Linux I am getting random Memory Errors such as:
Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 27, in ? from Mailman import MailList File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 30, in ? import Utils File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 31, in ? import regsub MemoryError
Others are bouncing mail. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Richard B. Pyne, KB7RMU rpyne@kinfolk.org http://pyne.kinfolk.org/rbp2
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"RBP" == Richard B Pyne <rpyne@kinfolk.org> writes:
RBP> Running Mailman 1.0b11 under Linux I am getting random Memory
RBP> Errors such as:
| Traceback (innermost last):
| File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 27, in ?
| from Mailman import MailList
| File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 30, in ?
| import Utils
| File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 31, in ?
| import regsub
| MemoryError
RBP> Others are bouncing mail. Any help will be greatly
RBP> appreciated.
Something must really be messed up if /importing/ regsub triggers a MemoryError. Have you seen other wacky things with your Python installation? How much virtual memory do you have on this system?!
-Barry
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The machine is a K6-300 with 64 Meg RAM and a 100 Meg swap partition. It is running Linux 2.0.35 (Redhat), Apache 1.3.6 with php3 and modssl, and Python 1.51.
I haven't seen any other error messages show up, but I only installed python to run mailman, so I am really quite unfamiliar with it.
On 1 May 99, at 19:26, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
"RBP" == Richard B Pyne <rpyne@kinfolk.org> writes:
RBP> Running Mailman 1.0b11 under Linux I am getting random Memory RBP> Errors such as: | Traceback (innermost last): | File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 27, in ? | from Mailman import MailList | File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 30, in ? | import Utils | File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 31, in ? | import regsub | MemoryError RBP> Others are bouncing mail. Any help will be greatly RBP> appreciated.
Something must really be messed up if /importing/ regsub triggers a MemoryError. Have you seen other wacky things with your Python installation? How much virtual memory do you have on this system?!
-Barry
Richard B. Pyne, KB7RMU rpyne@kinfolk.org http://pyne.kinfolk.org/rbp2
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Barry A. Warsaw
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ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk
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Richard B. Pyne