[Mailman-Users] config.db being set to 'root'

[Rob Brandt]

Problem 2) is solved!  The directory /lists/listname did not have 
setgid turned on.

Thanks
Rob


>The directories have to be set with g+s, and your OS has to
>respect that (i.e. new files created in such directories
>need to inherit the group ownership of the parent dir).
>I suspect that those of you having problems are either
>missing a g+s bit somewhere or have an OS that doesn't
>implement this semantic.
>
>>  I've had this same problem for quite a while on some of my lists.  It
>>  drives me bonkers.
>>
>>  Dave Klingler
>>
>>  > Hi.  I've had a long standing problem and now a new second problem
>>  > with file permissions/group ownership.  Maybe connected?
>>  >
>>  > 1) Long standing problem - when I create a new list, I have to
>>  > manually change the group permissions of the files in the
>>  > /list/listname directory before the list would function.  If I don't
>>  > do this, I get the "we've hit a bug" message in the browser when I
>>  > try to access the list info.
>>  >
>>  > 2) New problem - I've created a new list for the first time in a few
>>  > months, and set the file permissions just like other lists I have
>>  > that work fine.  After getting everything set up and configured, I
>>  > try and send messages through.   The first message comes through OK,
>>  > but subsequent submissions are rejected by Postfix because the
>>  > config.db permissions are wrong.  Sure enough, config.db group has
>>  > been set to root.  The web pages aren't accessible anymore either.
>>  > I've tried this many times over and it is very repeatable.  In fact,
>>  > I've found that if I set ownership correctly, then send 2 or 3
>>  > messages to the list quickly they all come through.  But if I wait a
>>  > minute or so, invariably there is an error and the ownership is back
>>  > at root.
>>  >
>>  > What is causing this?
>>  >
>>  > Rob
>>  >
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