[Mailman-Users] cgi-user / create.py

friedrich28 at gmx.de friedrich28 at gmx.de
Thu Jan 30 19:00:24 CET 2003


> > But I don't understand at which end this is wrong. Was the cgi-gid set wrong? Or 
> > do I need to change the ownership of the aliases files? check-perms renders no 
> > errors. Do I need to tell mailman/create.py to run postaliases as user mailman, and 
> > if so, how do I do that?
> 
> Does postalias run as www ? Anything created via the web is going to run
> as the cgi-gid, i.e. www

No, running postalias as user www generates a "Permission denied" error on the aliases 
file. Hence my question: should I change the file ownership, it's permissions or is there a 
way to run postalias under the user mailman?

Regards,
Friedrich




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