[Mailman-Users] Archive issue - found in "private" ???

Ashley M. Kirchner ashley at pcraft.com
Wed Oct 10 20:18:41 CEST 2001


Camel wrote:

> OK.. this is weird - the alias in httpd.conf points to /public/
> and the archives are being re-directed to /private/ ???!!???
> here is the alias:
> Alias /pipermail/ "/var/www/mailman/archives/public/"
> (like the docs say...)
> but it's going to /var/www/mailman/archives/private/
> and I can look at them (as the SU) using an internal browser..

    That's the way it works, yes.  *You* have the ability to 'su' to the mailman
user and view anything you please, however anyone coming out from the internet
with a browser can not.

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