[Mailman-Users] Mailman error: Forbidden: You don't have permission to access /pipermail/grads/ on this server [SOLVED]

[Tom Browder]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 06:31, Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 13:08, Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net> wrote:
>> Tom Browder wrote:
> ...
>>>However, I, as a list user, cannot get access to the archives for a
>>>list.  When I try to look at the archives through the link on the
>>>Welcome message I get the following:
>>>
>>>  Forbidden
>>>
>>>  You don't have permission to access /pipermail/grads/ on this server.
>>>
>>>I tried changing the example line in the mailman.conf  file from:
>>>
>>>  Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/
> ...
>>>I have searched this list for "pipermail" but see no similar problem.
>>>
>>>I'm sure I've missed a note somewhere but I'm not sure how to proceed.
>>> The mailman docs talk about permissions and the mailman user but
>>>Ubuntu installs all mailman files with root:list ownership which seems
>>>to work for all else.  All the directories under /var/lib/mailman have
>>>these permissions:
>>>
>>>  drwxrwsr-x  4 root list
>>
>> If that includes /var/lib/mailman/archives/private, then that's OK.
>> Otherwise note that /var/lib/mailman/archives/private must be o+x or
>> must have user:group xxx:list where xxx is the user that the web
>> server uses to access files.
>
> Aha, I missed the fine details of one important directory: the
> archives/private directory did not have these permissions:
>
>  drwxrwsr-x  4 root list
>
> Instead it had these:
>
>  drwxrws---  4 root list
>
> As root I excuted
>
>  chmod o+xr private
>
> and now all works as advertised!
>
> Thanks a heap, Mark.  I shall file a bug with Ubuntu.

This is already listed in Ubuntu bugs as number #543148.

I added a comment about my situation.

Best regards,

-Tom

Thomas M. Browder, Jr.
Niceville, Florida
USA