[Mailman-Users] Problems with Moderation

[Mark Sapiro]

On 9/15/2012 9:39 PM, David Dodell wrote:
> This is the output of the error:
> 
> d2net:bin david$ python withlist -l -a -r fix_url
> Importing fix_url...
> Running fix_url.fix_url()...
> Loading list axium-consortium-meeting (locked)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "withlist", line 299, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "withlist", line 274, in main
>     r = [do_list(listname, args, func) for listname in Utils.list_names()]
>   File "withlist", line 195, in do_list
>     m = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=LOCK)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 128, in __init__
>     self.Lock()
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 161, in Lock
>     self.__lock.lock(timeout)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock
>     self.__write()
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write
>     fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w')
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/private/var/mailman/locks/axium-consortium-meeting.lock.d2net.net.855.0'
> d2net:bin david$ 


'david' doesn't have permission to create the lock.

Run the withlist command as root (via sudo) or as a user in Mailman's
group. I think this may be _mailman in Apple's Mailman.

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