[Mailman-Users] permission problem saving attachments toarchives

[Mark Sapiro]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
>
>What happens if you try the following:
>
>su mailman
>python
>>>> import os
>>>> os.umask(002)
>>>> os.makedirs('/home/mailman/archives/private/membership/attachments/20060301/cf7df1b6', 02775)
>>>> open('/home/mailman/archives/private/membership/attachments/20060301/cf7df1b6/xxx', 'w')
>
>
>
>os.makedirs( ... 2775) is all one line as is
>open( ... 'w')
>
>Does this throw any exception? Does it create the missing directories?
>(note, type control-D in response to a >>> prompt to exit Python)


And what happens if you try

su mailman
python
>>> import os
>>> os.umask(002)
>>> os.makedirs('/home/mailman/archives/private/xyz/attachments/20060301/cf7df1b6', 02775)
>>> open('/home/mailman/archives/private/xyz/attachments/20060301/cf7df1b6/xxx', 'w')

where xyz is not a symlink?

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