[Mailman-Users] URGENT HELP SOUGHT

[Andy McClements]

Hi All,

Sorry to shout, but I need to evaluate this system asap. and I cannot
because the admin password is broken.

Please will anyone who might be able to suggest why the adminstrative
passwords might be rejected in the admin webpage, with a message "Sorry,
wrong password. Try again." See my previous post below for the system details.

I've just used "mmsitepass" again to reset the admin password, but the new
password is rejected. The ~/mailman/logs/error is empty. I don't know where
else to start looking to debug this.

Thanks in advance,

Andy McClements
London

>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 11:18 AM
>> To: mailman-users at python.org
>> Subject: [Mailman-Users] password problems on new install
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've just installed Mailman 1.0rc2 without any obvious problems.
>>
>> When I create a new list using the newlist script, as per
>> INSTALL Section
>> 5. called "test-list", with my own address as the administrator, I am
>> mailed the instructions, including the password provided to "newlist".
>>
>> However when I go to the admin web interface at
>> http://my.list.server/mailman/admin.cgi/test-list,
>> I am told "Sorry, wrong password. Try again."
>>
>> I've also created a password using "mmsitepass", but this is
>> also rejected.
>>
>> What's happening ? TIA !
>>
>> Andy McClements
>> London
>>
>>
>> The system is running:
>>
>> RedHat Linux 5.2
>> gcc 2.7.2.3
>> Apache 1.3.6 (compiled on this system)
>> Python 1.5.2 (compiled on this system)
>>
>> configured using:
>>
>> $prefix=/usr/local/mailman
>> --with-python=/usr/local/bin/python
>> --with-mail-gid=mail
>> --with-cgi-gid=nobody
>> --with-cgi-ext=.cgi
>>
>> I correctly set the permissions on the $prefix directory.
>>
>> I added to httpd.conf:
>>
>> Alias /pipermail "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/"
>>
>> <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public">
>>     Options FollowSymLinks
>>     AllowOverride None
>>     Order allow,deny
>>     Allow from all
>> </Directory>
>>
>> ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/"
>>
>> <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin">
>>    AllowOverride None
>>    Options Indexes ExecCGI
>>    Order allow,deny
>>    Allow from all
>> </Directory>
>>
>>
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