[Mailman-Users] Re: Installing Mailman on a Virtual Host

[Bill Warner]

At 08:24 PM 2/16/00 -0500, Joan Coyne wrote:
>***** Installation directory /usr/home/<mylogin>/usr/home/mailman is not
>configured properly!
>
>But when I check the directory, the permissions are set just as they are
>supposed to be according to the install (d rwx rws r-x, right?).

Right.

>What is the NameError?   Did I miss someplace else where I was supposed to
>change the GID?

Could be; it's hard to say without seeing the files.  Here are the diffs 
that I use (remember to change <server-login> before trying to use these):

*** configure.dist      Thu Jul 22 16:06:49 1999
--- configure   Sat Oct  2 18:53:02 1999
***************
*** 1073,1079 ****
       cat > conftest.py <<EOF
   import pwd, string
   uid = ''
! for user in string.split("mailman"):
       try:
           try:
             uid = pwd.getpwuid(int(user))[0]
--- 1073,1079 ----
       cat > conftest.py <<EOF
   import pwd, string
   uid = ''
! for user in string.split("<server-login>"):
       try:
           try:
             uid = pwd.getpwuid(int(user))[0]
***************
*** 1116,1122 ****
       cat > conftest.py <<EOF
   import grp, string
   gid = ''
! for group in string.split("mailman"):
       try:
           try:
             gid = grp.getgrgid(int(group))[2]
--- 1116,1122 ----
       cat > conftest.py <<EOF
   import grp, string
   gid = ''
! for group in string.split("vuser"):
       try:
           try:
             gid = grp.getgrgid(int(group))[2]




*** configure.in.dist   Thu Jul 22 16:06:49 1999
--- configure.in        Tue Oct  5 14:26:12 1999
***************
*** 169,175 ****

   # User `mailman' must exist
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for mailman UID)
! MM_FIND_USER_ID(MAILMAN_UID, mailman)
   if test -z "$MAILMAN_UID"
   then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([
--- 169,175 ----

   # User `mailman' must exist
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for mailman UID)
! MM_FIND_USER_ID(MAILMAN_UID, <server-login>)
   if test -z "$MAILMAN_UID"
   then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([
***************
*** 182,188 ****

   # Group `mailman' must exist
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for mailman GID)
! MM_FIND_GROUP_ID(MAILMAN_GID, mailman)
   if test -z "$MAILMAN_GID"
   then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([
--- 182,188 ----

   # Group `mailman' must exist
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for mailman GID)
! MM_FIND_GROUP_ID(MAILMAN_GID, vuser)
   if test -z "$MAILMAN_GID"
   then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([

--Bill