[Mailman-Users] Problem Occurs After No Problem

Pete Holsberg pjh at mccc.edu
Wed Jan 19 03:05:43 CET 2000


All of a sudden, I cannot create a new mailing list! Here's
the traceback:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "./newlist", line 146, in ?
    raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv))
  File "./newlist", line 93, in main
    newlist.Create(list_name, owner_mail, pw)
  File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 729, in Create
    self.Lock()
  File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1373, in Lock
    self.__lock.lock()
  File "/home/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 238, in lock
    self.__write()                # steal
  File "/home/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 141, in __write
    fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/mailman/locks/<site>.lock.saturn.m
ccc.edu.1466'

Any thoughts on what mught be wrong?

Thanks,
Pete





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