[Mailman-Users] Errors when creating a new list in v.2.1

[Dallas Bethune]

It looks like this command failed:
  /usr/sbin/postalias /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases

It's probably a permissions issue.  Is the web server user able to  
write to that directory?

	Dallas


On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 07:28 pm, Ted Dively wrote:

> I just tried to create a list via the http interface, and Mailman  
> returned this error message. Any ideas, fellow listers? As always,  
> thanks for your patience, understanding, and guidance.
>
> Ted Dively
>  *******************************
> Bug in Mailman version 2.1
>
> We're sorry, we hit a bug!
>
> If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy  
> of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what  
> happened. Thanks!
>
> Traceback:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main
>     main()
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main
>     process_request(doc, cgidata)
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 217, in  
> process_request
>     sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1)
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 226, in create
>     _update_maps()
>   File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 47, in  
> _update_maps
>     raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr)
> RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias  
> /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)
>
>
>
>
>
> Python information:
>
>
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