[Mailman-Users] Mailman and Sendmail WRAPPER problems - FIX

[Garret Krampe]

Q3.32 -- How do I configure majordomo with sendmail 8.9 without relaxing
the DontBlameSendmail
option?

Date: January 26, 1999

We have had some queries about this, as majordomo apparently suggests
some configuration values which
sendmail 8.9 does not like. Here is what one expert suggests:

The sendmail.cf contains:

O AliasFile=/etc/aliases, /etc/majordomo.aliases
O DontBlameSendmail=Safe

/etc/aliases contains the general majordomo aliases:

# Majordomo
majordomo: "|/usr/local/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo"
owner-majordomo: postmaster
majordomo-owner: postmaster

/etc/majordomo.aliases contains the majordomo lists of the form:

wookie: "|/usr/local/lib/majordomo/wrapper resend -l wookie wookie-list"

wookie-list: :include:/usr/local/lib/majordomo/lists/wookie
owner-wookie: head-wookie
wookie-approval: owner-wookie
wookie-request: "|/usr/local/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l wookie"

The various directory owners/groups/permissions:

drwxr-xr-x  20 root     root         1024 Dec  1 15:20 /
drwxr-xr-x  25 root     root         3072 Jan 26 01:26 /etc
drwxr-xr-x  20 root     root         1024 Feb  4  1998 /usr
drwxr-xr-x  18 root     root         1024 Jan 16 18:40 /usr/local
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root         1024 Feb  6  1996 /usr/local/lib
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           16 Dec  1 10:01
/usr/local/lib/majordomo -> majordomo-1.94.4
drwxr-x--x   5 majordom majordom     1024 Jan 25 23:12
/usr/local/lib/majordomo-1.94.4
drwxr-xr-x   2 majordom majordom    32768 Jan 26 00:49
/usr/local/lib/majordomo-1.94.4/lists
-rw-rw-r--   1 majordom majordom      655 Nov  3 17:03
/usr/local/lib/majordomo-1.94.4/lists/wookie
-rw-rw----   1 majordom majordom    14588 Jan 19 10:28
/usr/local/lib/majordomo-1.94.4/lists/wookie.config
-rw-rw-r--   1 majordom majordom       23 Jan 14  1997
/usr/local/lib/majordomo-1.94.4/lists/wookie.info

Now the differences that make this work that may not be the same as
instructed by the majordomo
instructions:

   1.Put the majordomo.aliases file in /etc, not in the majordomo
install directory
     (/usr/local/lib/majordomo).
   2.Make the permissions on /usr/local/lib/majordomo 0751, not 0775.
   3.Make the permissions on /usr/local/lib/majordomo/Log 0664, owned by
majordom, group majordom.
   4./usr/local/lib/majordomo/lists is mode 0755, owner majordom, group
majordom.
   5.The permissions/owners for the lists should be as shown above.
These permissions/ownership allow
     majordom to continue to manage the lists.


--
Regards,

 Garret Krampe
(Managing Director)

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