[Mailman-Users] Permissions Problems Subscribing Users

[Harald Meland]

[Trying to catch up on old Mailman-Users mail...]

[Terrence Martin]

> > >Traceback (innermost last):
> > >  File "/var/spool/mailman/scripts/driver", line 102, in run_main
> > >    main()
> > >  File "/var/spool/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py", line 161, in main
> > >    list.AddMember(email, pw, digest, remote)
> > >  File "/var/spool/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 785, in AddMember
> > >    cookie = Pending().new(name, password, digest)
> > >  File "/var/spool/mailman/Mailman/Pending.py", line 74, in new
> > >    self.__save(db)
> > >  File "/var/spool/mailman/Mailman/Pending.py", line 111, in __save
> > >    fp = open(self.db_path, "w")
> > >IOError: (13, 'Permission denied')
> > 
> > look that it is a write permission!!!! take a look to where self.db_path
> > variable are pointing...
> 
> I actually tried to do that but not being completely familiar with
> python I soon lost where Pending.py was trying to do.

The file Pending.py is trying to create, is (probably) called

  /var/spool/mailman/data/pending_subscriptions.db

on your system.

>  I gathered that it might have some to do with the lock files...

No.

-- 
Harald