[Mailman-Users] Adding users with cron - permission problems

[Phil Ewels]

Thanks for the help everyone! I think I've just found the answer I was 
looking for via Marks link - using PHP to scrape a direct subscribe url:

http://<domain.com>/mailman/admin/<listname>/members/add?subscribe_or_invite=0&send_welcome_msg_to_this_batch=0&notification_to_list_owner=0&subscribees_upload=<email-address>&adminpw=<adminpassword>

http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030567

No cron / special permissions needed!

Cheers,

Phil




Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Phil Ewels wrote:
>> To test, I've been running this cron command:
>>
>> echo test at testing.co.uk | 
>> /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/add_members -r - info
>>
>> Where info is the listname (info at nanotp.org)
>>
>> I get the following error:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
> [...]
>> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
>> '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/locks/info.lock.hephaestus.safeukdns.net.24247.0'
>>
> [...]
>> Can anyone suggest a way to get around this problem? Or an alternative 
>> method of automating signups (they can be totally silent). I have tried 
>> a similar method using the PHP exec() command to hit the same program 
>> but had similar permission problems.
> 
> 
> These commands must be run by root or a member of Mailman's group. Put
> your add_members command (if you can) in the Mailman user's crontab or
> a system crontab with the mailman user as it's user.
> 
> Another way to do this is to create a SETGID wrapper to run the
> commands. See the members.c program attached to the FAQ at
> <http://wiki.list.org/x/uIA9> for an example.
>