[ mailman-Bugs-1660666 ] syntax error in CheckFixUid.py

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Bugs item #1660666, was opened at 2007-02-15 06:39
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Category: command line scripts
Group: 2.1 (stable)
Status: Open
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Christian Reß (chris_ress)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: syntax error in CheckFixUid.py

Initial Comment:
bin/CheckFixUid.py is created by bin/check_perms_grsecurity.py. It has a syntax error that keeps mailman from starting up.

Reproducable: always

Steps to reproduce:
1. run bin/check_perms_grsecurity.py -f
2. run bin/mailmanctl start

The error:
NameError: name 'uid' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 80, in ?
    import CheckFixUid
  File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/CheckFixUid.py", line 6, in ?
    class CheckFixUid:
  File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/CheckFixUid.py", line 12, in CheckFixUid
    if os.geteuid() != uid:

A proposed fix is attached. 

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>Comment By: Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
Date: 2007-02-15 10:44

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Perhaps I am mistaken. Can you tell me the exact path to where you found
check_perms_grsecurity.py in either the Mailman 2.1.9 tarball or SVN?

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Comment By: Christian Reß (chris_ress)
Date: 2007-02-15 09:10

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Since it is part of the official distribution and is also in you SVN, I
thought you'd like to quickly apply a fix to it.

Anyway, I'll contact the contributor. 

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Comment By: Mark Sapiro (msapiro)
Date: 2007-02-15 09:05

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These are not GNU Mailman scripts. They must be part of some
redistribution. Please report this bug to your packager. There's nothing
the Mailman project can do about it.

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Comment By: Christian Reß (chris_ress)
Date: 2007-02-15 06:40

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I forgot: You need to start Mailman as root for the error to occur.

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