[Mailman-Users] Permission problems cause postfix postalias error

[Todd]

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Graham Leggett wrote:
> After creating a list, mailman v2.1.5 bombs out like so:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/var/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main
>     main()
>   File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main
>     process_request(doc, cgidata)
>   File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 226, in process_request
>     sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1)
>   File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 232, in create
>     _update_maps()
>   File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 53, in _update_maps
>     raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr)
> RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias 
> /var/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)
>
> The postfix logs complain of "permission denied" accessing data/aliases.
>
> I have run the bin/check_perm script, but to no avail. Does anybody know 
> what should be done to make this work? I tried adding the postfix user 
> to the mailman group, but it didn't work.

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

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