[Mailman-Users] Mailman "bug"?

[Todd]

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mcobb wrote:
> Everytime I try to create a list I get the following error.
> However, the list is actually created? I'm running mailman 2.1,
> postfix 1.11 and Apache. Any help appreciated.
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> RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias
> /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)

Your permissions on /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases* are wrong.

See this newly created FAQ entry:

    http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.009.htp

(Please feel free to correct/update/clarify the entry if I've missed
something in creating it.)

BTW, Barry (or any other MM hackers), check_perms doesn't give a warning if
data/aliases.db isn't group writable.  If it's not, list creation via the
web produces the error above.  List creation via bin/newlist still works,
however.  It might save some folks some frustration if check_perms caught
this and fixed it.

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