Hello all,
I am trying to change moderation settings on some lists via a script so I can automate the list management for several lists (approx. 30 lists).
In the script I use the following to run set_mod.py:
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist --run /usr/lib/mailman/bin/set_mod LISTNAME --unset address@example.com
however, I get the following error back:
Importing /usr/lib/mailman/bin/set_mod...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 297, in ?
main()
File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 266, in main
mod = __import__(module)
ImportError: No module named /usr/lib/mailman/bin/set_modJust to make sure I am running withlist and set_mod correctly, I did change into the mailman directory (/usr/lib/mailman) and run the command as recommended in the documentation:
bin/withlist --run bin/set_mod LISTNAME --unset address@example.com
and, I get back the following error:
Importing bin/set_mod...
Running bin/set_mod.bin/set_mod()...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/withlist", line 297, in ?
main()
File "bin/withlist", line 269, in main
func = getattr(mod, callable)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'bin/set_mod'I tried adding the .py at the end of set_mod but I get a different error.
As a matter of fact, things went from bad to worse. All the different trys I did may have corrupted my test list. I had to delete the list and recreate it.
Is there a magic incantation so I can run set_mod.py in a script like my first command above? Is there an easy way to modify set_mod.py so I can run it without using withlist (like add_members, remove_members, etc.)?
Thanks for an help and any advice, Chris
On 2/1/2013 3:41 PM, Chris Nulk wrote:
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist --help
might help, but the argument to --run is a module name, not a path. The module must be in a directory in Python's sys.path which is why the script says "Save as bin/set_mod.py" which you have correctly done, but the command you need is
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist --run set_mod LISTNAME --unset address@example.com
That is not the command recommended in the documentation which says:
Save as bin/set_mod.py
Run via
bin/withlist -r set_mod <listname> <option> <member> ... [...]
Those errors from withlist should not have corrupted your list. The script never got far enough to save any changes. However, if at any point you gave the '-l' option to withlist, withlist might have left the list locked. It shouldn't, but it's hard to say without more info.
Is there a magic incantation so I can run set_mod.py in a script like my first command above?
It's not magic. See above.
Is there an easy way to modify set_mod.py so I can run it without using withlist (like add_members, remove_members, etc.)?
Easy for me, yes.
There is a moral here. Before handling loaded guns, you need to take the gun safety class or you might shoot yourself in the foot. The analogy to the gun safety class here is perhaps <http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide>.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
On 2/1/2013 3:41 PM, Chris Nulk wrote:
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist --help
might help, but the argument to --run is a module name, not a path. The module must be in a directory in Python's sys.path which is why the script says "Save as bin/set_mod.py" which you have correctly done, but the command you need is
/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist --run set_mod LISTNAME --unset address@example.com
That is not the command recommended in the documentation which says:
Save as bin/set_mod.py
Run via
bin/withlist -r set_mod <listname> <option> <member> ... [...]
Those errors from withlist should not have corrupted your list. The script never got far enough to save any changes. However, if at any point you gave the '-l' option to withlist, withlist might have left the list locked. It shouldn't, but it's hard to say without more info.
Is there a magic incantation so I can run set_mod.py in a script like my first command above?
It's not magic. See above.
Is there an easy way to modify set_mod.py so I can run it without using withlist (like add_members, remove_members, etc.)?
Easy for me, yes.
There is a moral here. Before handling loaded guns, you need to take the gun safety class or you might shoot yourself in the foot. The analogy to the gun safety class here is perhaps <http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide>.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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