[Mailman-Users] IP's instead of FQDN
James Pifer
mailmanlist at obrien-pifer.com
Thu Aug 7 18:44:51 CEST 2003
You were right, it was the smrsh. I had changed before that last post,
but hadn't tried it thinking I needed to do the other stuff.
Now I get a group mismatch. It says to tweak the mail server to run the
script as group mailman or re-run configure. I probably don't want to
re-run configure unless that won't hurt my existing installation. How to
I "tweak" the mail server to run the script as group mailman?
Is that handled by this in the mc file?
Mmailman, P=/etc/mail/mm-handler, F=rDFMhlqSu, U=mailman:other,
S=EnvFromL, R=EnvToL/HdrToL,
A=mm-handler $h $u
If so, I would add that to my sendmail.mc and then apply that?
Thanks,
James
----- Transcript of session follows -----
Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail
wrapper script to be executed as group "mailman", but
the system's mail server executed the mail script as
group "mail". Try tweaking the mail server to run the
script as group "mailman", or re-run configure,
providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid=mail'.
554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 2
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 11:39, Richard Barrett wrote:
> On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 04:12 pm, James Pifer wrote:
>
> > Actually I did look those over, but someone on another list (before
> > joining this one) told me I didn't need to do all that. Obviously they
> > were mistaken.
> >
>
> And they were quite right, you do not have to do all that, just some of
> it. The README.SENDMAIL document doesn't say do all of this; it lists
> things under headings which you can apply selectively depending on your
> circumstances.
>
> Given the error message you are getting from Sendmail contains the
> words 'smrsh: "mailman" not available for sendmail programs' I would be
> inclined to concentrate on the words in README.SENDMAIL that say:
>
> <quote>
> SENDMAIL `smrsh' COMPATIBILITY
>
> Many newer versions of Sendmail come with a restricted execution
> utility called "smrsh", which limits the executables that Sendmail
> will allow to be used as mail filter programs. You need to
> explicitly allow Mailman's wrapper program to be used with smrsh
> before it will work. If mail is not getting delivered to
> Mailman's wrapper program and you're getting an "operating system
> error" in your mail syslog, this could be your problem.
>
> One good way of doing this is to:
>
> - cd into /etc/smrsh (or where ever it happens to reside on
> your system, such as /var/smrsh or /usr/local/smrsh).
>
> - create a symbolic link to Mailman's wrapper program
>
> For example, if you've installed Mailman in the standard location,
> you can just execute these commands (you might have to do these as
> root):
>
> % cd /etc/smrsh
> % ln -s /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman mailman
> </quote>
>
> I would follow those instructions rather than cooking up some cooking
> up some even more complicated scheme. Changing from a working Sendmail
> to another MTA will not be painless. Depending on your installation you
> will probably find the GID that it runs as is different requiring a
> re-run of MM ./configure and make install
>
> If you have a working Sendmail server on your Mailman machine then all
> should be well if you follow the instructions.
>
> btw: INSTALL also refers to setting up the mailman wapper to run
> through smrsh with the words:
>
> <quote>
> Problem: I send mail to the list, and get back mail saying,
> "sh: mailman not available for sendmail programs"
>
> Solution: Your system uses sendmail restricted shell (smrsh). You
> need to configure smrsh by creating a symbolic link from
> the mail wrapper ($prefix/mail/mailman) to the directory
> identifying executables allowed to run under smrsh.
>
> Some common names for this directory are
> /var/admin/sm.bin, /usr/admin/sm.bin or /etc/smrsh.
>
> Note that on Debian Linux, the system makes
> /usr/lib/sm.bin, which is wrong, you will need to create
> the directory /usr/admin/sm.bin and add the link there.
> Note further any aliases newaliases spits out will need
> to be adjusted to point to the secure link to the
> wrapper.
> </quote>
>
> > I looked it over again and not being a sendmail expert I'm
> > uncomfortable
> > with the changes since this is my main mail server running MailScanner,
> > etc. So I'm going to try putting it on another machine.
> >
> > Let me ask you this, more of a sendmail question. If I install Mailman
> > on another machine, could I have it use the same domain, and have my
> > main Sendmail server forward email for specific addresses, like lists,
> > to this other mailman server? Would that work? The mailman server would
> > be able to deliver directly.
> >
> > Also, if I do it on another machine, should I use something other than
> > Sendmail? Are any of the others easier to integrate? From the files it
> > looks like postfix.
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> > James
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 09:58, Richard Barrett wrote:
> >> I can only assume that you haven't read all of the notes in the
> >> INSTALL
> >> and README.SENDMAIL documentation files in the Mailman build
> >> directory.
> >>
> >> If that is because you did not install from source then I suggest you
> >> download the MM source distribution from:
> >>
> >> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103
> >>
> >> and unpack it to get at those two files.
> >>
> >> On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 02:05 pm, James Pifer wrote:
> >>
> >>> No I hadn't started that. Is that something I should add to rc.local
> >>> so
> >>> it starts every time the box is restarted?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Covered in the INSTALL file
> >>
> >>> Something is still screwed up in my Sendmail config. I tried to post
> >>> a
> >>> message to my new list and got the following:
> >>>
> >>> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> >>> "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post stoneware-users"
> >>> (reason: Service unavailable)
> >>> (expanded from: <stoneware-users at obrien-pifer.com>)
> >>>
> >>> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> >>> smrsh: "mailman" not available for sendmail programs (stat failed)
> >>> 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
> >>> ----
> >>>
> >>
> >> Covered in the README.SENDMAIL file
> >>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> James
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 02:45, Richard Barrett wrote:
> >>>> On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 01:50 am, James Pifer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks, worked like a champ.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Now my next problem after fixing that one. Looks like the messages
> >>>>> are
> >>>>> getting stuck in the "virgin" directory?
> >>>>
> >>>> Have you started Mailman's qrunner daemons by executing
> >>>> $prefix/bin/mailmanctl start?
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'm using Sendmail and not sure
> >>>>> I've done everything I need to do. I do have the aliases set up
> >>>>> assuming
> >>>>> I did it correctly.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have not search the archives on this one yet, but I will.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for the help.
> >>>>> James
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 14:56, Richard Barrett wrote:
> >>>>>> See:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-
> >>>>>> mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.029.htp
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> and in particular the comment under the heading 'Existing versus
> >>>>>> new
> >>>>>> lists'
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 07:42 pm, James Pifer wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I'm new to mailman and have everything setup except for one
> >>>>>>> problem.
> >>>>>>> I've tried searching the archives but didn't find my resolution.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have it installed (version 2.1.2) and created a list. It seems
> >>>>>>> fine
> >>>>>>> except that some of the links in the forms are not using my
> >>>>>>> domain
> >>>>>>> settings, rather that have an IP address in the URL like,
> >>>>>>> 192.168.1.99.
> >>>>>>> For example, when you try to subscribe the Subscribe button tries
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> post to the IP address rather than the domain.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I've tried setting the defaults for HOST and URL in defaults.py,
> >>>>>>> but
> >>>>>>> still can't get it fixed.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can anyone tell me what I might be missing?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>> James
> >>>>>>>
> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> --
> >>>> -
> >>>> Richard Barrett
> >>>> http://www.openinfo.co.uk
> >>>
> >>>
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