[Mailman-Users] newlist auto-generate password

[Brad Knowles]

When you create a list from the WebUI, you have the option of having  
Mailman generate the password itself, in which case it will get  
included in the e-mail message that is sent to the listowner.

The CLI interface is not going to auto-generate that e-mail message,  
so by default it is not going to auto-generate that password either.

-- 
Brad Knowles

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On Jul 16, 2008, at 9:07 AM, b19141 at anl.gov (Barry Finkel) wrote:

> Don Hone wrote:
>
>> There doesn't seem to be an option to have a system generated  
>> password
>> when running bin/newlist from the command line. Is this correct? If  
>> so,
>> I would appreciate this be added as an enhancement request.
>>
>> The ability to create a list from the command line is good since it  
>> creates
>> the aliases lines for me.
>
> I do not see why you would want the system to generate a list admin
> password when you create the list.  The bin/newlist script wants
> you to generate a password.  If Mailman were to generate a random
> password, how would it tell you what it was?  You need that password
> to do any list administration via the web.  I am not sure that I
> would want a random password for a list admin, as it would be hard
> to remember.  When I, as Mailman administrator, create a new list
> for someone, either the requestor gives me the password, or I choose
> a password and let the requestor change it.  I would never be able
> to remember a really random password, unless I used it multiple
> times each day to do list maintenance.
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