[Mailman-Users] 'newlist' problems

[John M. Lockard]

When I create a newlist, the list gets created and users can subscribe, post,
etc. with no problems.  There are problems with the archive though.  What I'm
seeing on the server side is this...


[root at krusty ~]# cd /var/mailman/archives/public
[root at krusty public]# ls -laR
./public:
drwxrwsr-x    2 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  6 15:18 .
drwxrwsr-x    4 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  5 17:37 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 mailman  mailman        35 Sep  5 22:14 test -> /var/mailman/archives/private/test
lrwxrwxrwx    1 mailman  mailman        51 Sep  5 20:39 test.mbox -> /var/mailman/archives/private/test.mbox
lrwxrwxrwx    1 mailman  mailman        50 Sep  6 15:18 test2 -> /var/mailman/archives/private/test2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 mailman  mailman        55 Sep  6 15:18 test2.mbox -> /var/mailman/archives/private/test2.mbox

[root at krusty public]# cd /var/mailman/archives/private
[root at krusty private]# ls -laR
./private:
drwxrws--x    5 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  6 15:18 .
drwxrwsr-x    4 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  5 17:37 ..
drwxrwsr-x    2 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  5 20:39 test.mbox
drwxrwsr-x    2 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  6 15:18 test2.mbox

./private/test.mbox:
drwxrwsr-x    2 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  5 20:39 .
drwxrws--x    5 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  6 15:18 ..

./private/test2.mbox:
drwxrwsr-x    2 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  6 15:18 .
drwxrws--x    5 mailman  mailman      4096 Sep  6 15:18 ..



The 'newlist' script created "test.mbox" and "test2.mbox" in the private
directory and created symlinks to them in the public directory.  BUT, in
the public directory 'newlist' created a symlink for each list to a directory
or file that doesn't exist in the private directory.

I figure that the symlink for "test.mbox" is probably correct, but am wondering
if the "test" symlink should really be pointing at "/var/mailman/lists/test"???

If I'm correct in this assumption, what is going wrong and how can I fix it?
I've looked through the source, but am not familiar with python, and can't even
(quickly) figure out where the newlist script is doing the symlinks to begin
with.

-John

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