[Mailman-Users] I'm Stuck

[Barry S. Finkel]

On 8/21/2014 8:17 AM, Anthony (N2KI) wrote:
> Tried to start mailman and this is what I get.  Not sure how to proceed.
>   It appears that is is looking for a list names mailman but I do not know
> how to create it.
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> pi at raspberrypi ~ $ /etc/init.d/mailman start
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists", line 122, in <module>
>      main()
>    File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists", line 94, in main
>      mlist = MailList.MailList(n, lock=0)
>    File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 130, in __init__
>      self.Load()
>    File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 650, in Load
>      dict, e = self.__load(file)
>    File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 615, in __load
>      fp = open(dbfile)
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck'
> [warn] Site list for mailman missing (looking for list named 'mailman').
> ... (warning).
> [warn] Please create it; until then, mailman will refuse to start. ...
> (warning).
> pi at raspberrypi ~ $
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> Regards,
>
> Anthony


Anthony, are you following instructions from the web?
Mailman will not start until there is a mailing list named

      mailman

You need to create that list before Mailman will start.
The instructions for this should be on the web; I do not
have the URL handy.


--Barry Finkel