don't understand the docs fully so...

Q - Does the user I invoke ./configure with need access to su or can I become user mailman. Q - Can i unpack the archive into /home/mailmain/mailman-1.0rc1/ and do everything else from there

User gus (me) is only user allowed access to su

apache1.3.6 installed w/default user/group on a linux 2.0.32 kernel (slackware) User nobody Group nogroup

/etc/passwd root:[deleted]:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash bin:*:1:1:bin:/bin: daemon:*:2:2:daemon:/sbin: nobody:*:65534:100:nobody:/dev/null: mailman:*:586:104:MailMan MailingList Manager:/home/mailman:/bin/bash

/etc/group root::0:root,gus bin::1:root,bin,daemon daemon::2:root,bin,daemon wheel::10:root,gus mail::12:mail mailman::104:mailman,gus

Q - Does --prefix need /home/mailman/public_html or just skip the prefix to use the defualt /home/mailman/

Q - would these be correct? (sendmail 8.7.5-- will be changing to postfix or qmail) /etc/sendmail.cf # default UID (can be username or userid:groupid) O DefaultUser=1:1

--with-cgi-gid=nogroup --with-cgi-ext=.cgi --with-mail-gid=1 (bin)

Q - If I use suExec or CGIwrap, do I have to configure cgi-gid differently?

Confused and green, Gus