[Mailman-Users] Trying again from the start -- Re: Help inunderstandingMailmansetup

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 12/06/2010 05:16 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>    
>> Here is the error_log:
>>
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]
>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149] [----- Mailman
>> Version: 2.1.12 -----]
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149] [-----
>> Traceback ------]
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149] Traceback
>> (most recent call last):
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]   File
>> "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 85, in run_main
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]     immediate=1)
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]   File
>> "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Logging/StampedLogger.py", line 52, in __init__
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]
>> Logger.__init__(self, category, nofail, immediate)
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]   File
>> "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", line 50, in __init__
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]     self.__get_f()
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]   File
>> "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", line 68, in __get_f
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]     1)
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]   File
>> "/usr/lib/python2.6/codecs.py", line 865, in open
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149]     file =
>> __builtin__.open(filename, mode, buffering)
>> [Mon Dec 06 16:18:32 2010] [error] [client 208.83.67.149] IOError:
>> [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/mailman/error'
>>      
>
> The mailman user can't create or write the /var/log/mailman/error log
> file. Try running Mailman's bin/checkperms -f as root.

I was getting ready to reply no such command.  But I dug a bit and found 
check_perms.  Nice tool!  Thanks!