[Mailman-Users] Problem with a new install...

[John Dennis]

On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 14:33 -0400, Michael D. Smith wrote:
> I'm installing Mailman 2.1.6 on a RHEL 4.0 server...
> 
> I was having trouble with the smrsh, but worked that out...
> 
> Now however, when I post to a test list I get the following...
> 
> >   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> >Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/home/mailman/scripts/post", line 69, in ?
> >     main()
> >   File "/home/mailman/scripts/post", line 64, in main
> >     tolist=1, _plaintext=1)
> >   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 126, in enqueue
> >     fp = open(tmpfile, 'w')
> >IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
> >'/home/mailman/qfiles/in/1118859566.129771+f526306b132c44862f163e9fbf3e65bea7258162.pck.tmp'
> >554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 1
> 
> Any ideas?

The qfile cannot be opened for writing. This is either a permission
problem or SELinux is denying access. You need to:

1) Verify the user/group the MTA is executing the post command under,
then look at the permissions on the directory and file.

2) Examine /var/log/messages and/or /var/log/audit for "avc" messages,
these log SELinux denials.

3) Try turning SELinux off (/usr/sbin/setenforce Permissive)

4) Contact me off list for a trial 2.1.6 rpm (I've created the rpm but
have not tested it yet, you could be the guinna pig :-)

BTW, the RHEL 4 mailman rpm already has the security patches that
prompted the 2.1.6 release, but 2.1.6 has some other new stuff as well.
-- 
John Dennis <jdennis at redhat.com>