[Mailman-Users] Mailman under Cygwin - won't add list

[Ben]

Hi folks,

Some more information.  I tried to banish all knowledge of the local
hostname by providing the --with-mailhost and --with-urlhost arguments
at the time of configure:

$ ./configure --with-mail-gid=mm --with-cgi-gid=Administrators
--with-groupname=mm --with-cgi-ext=.exe --with-mailhost=ahualoa.net
--with-urlhost=ahualoa.net

Then I did the 'make' and 'make install' and 'check_perms'.

Now, when I try to add a list, I get a python error!

$ newlist --urlhost=ahualoa.net --emailhost=ahualoa.net friends
ben at ahualoa.net
Initial friends password:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist", line 254, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist", line 196, in main
    mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, pw)
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 488, in Create
    self.__lock.lock()
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock
    self.__write()
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write
    fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/usr/local/mailman/locks/<site>.lock.LittleGuy.2992.0'

I have no idea why it is trying to create this lock file, nor why it
would be unable to do so.  The permissions are all normal:

$ ls -al /usr/local/mailman
total 0
(...)
drwxrwsrwx+  2 mailman mm    0 Dec 20 20:55 icons
drwxrwsrwx+  3 mailman mm    0 Dec 20 22:32 lists
drwxrwsrwx+  2 mailman mm    0 Dec 20 12:00 locks

The locks folder is empty.  I tried running the 'newlist' command as
user 'mailman', and as a user with Adminstrator priveleges.  In both
cases it gives that same IOError.

Can anyone help?  All I am trying to do is create a simple mailing list.

Thanks,
Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:26 PM
> To: mailman-users at python.org
> 
> Aside from the Apache problem, I can't seem to get Mailman to 
> create a list.  This is on Cygwin.
> 
> I give the command:
> 
>  $ newlist friends
>  Enter the email of the person running the list: 
> ben at ahualoa.net  Initial friends password:  Create a new, 
> unpopulated mailing list.
>  Usage: /usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist [options] [listname 
> [listadmin-addr [admin- password]]]
>  Options: (...a whole bunch of explanation...)
>  Illegal list name: friends at LittleGuy
> 
> Now, "LittleGuy" is just the name of my local host; it's not 
> the fully-qualified domain.  I don't know why Mailman is 
> trying to use it, but I figured that I could force it otherwise:
> 
>  $ newlist --urlhost=ahualoa.net --emailhost=ahualoa.net 
> friends at ahualoa.net  Enter the email of the person running 
> the list: ben at ahualoa.net  Initial friends password:
>  (....)
>  Illegal list name: friends at LittleGuy
> 
> This doesn't make any sense at all.  I'm telling Mailman very 
> explicitly which domain to create the list on.  Why is 
> Mailman still trying to use my local hostname?