[Mailman-Users] Error creating mailing list with http://URL/mailman/create

[Todd]

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Robin Cook wrote:
> I have just install mailman and everything seems to be working until I
> try to create a mailing list using the web interface.  When I click on
> the create list button I get this error below.  I couldn't find in in
> the FAQ and the archives listed was a bad link.  What is set wrong?
[...]
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main
>     main()
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main
>     process_request(doc, cgidata)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 217, in
> process_request
>     sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 232, in create
>     _update_maps()
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 53, in
> _update_maps
>     raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr)
> RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias
> /var/spool/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)

It is in the FAQ, it must have been hiding.

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

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