[Mailman-Users] config.db being set to 'root'

[Dan Mick]

The directories have to be set with g+s, and your OS has to
respect that (i.e. new files created in such directories
need to inherit the group ownership of the parent dir).
I suspect that those of you having problems are either
missing a g+s bit somewhere or have an OS that doesn't
implement this semantic.

> I've had this same problem for quite a while on some of my lists.  It 
> drives me bonkers.
> 
> Dave Klingler
> 
> > Hi.  I've had a long standing problem and now a new second problem 
> > with file permissions/group ownership.  Maybe connected?
> > 
> > 1) Long standing problem - when I create a new list, I have to 
> > manually change the group permissions of the files in the 
> > /list/listname directory before the list would function.  If I don't 
> > do this, I get the "we've hit a bug" message in the browser when I 
> > try to access the list info.
> > 
> > 2) New problem - I've created a new list for the first time in a few 
> > months, and set the file permissions just like other lists I have 
> > that work fine.  After getting everything set up and configured, I 
> > try and send messages through.   The first message comes through OK, 
> > but subsequent submissions are rejected by Postfix because the 
> > config.db permissions are wrong.  Sure enough, config.db group has 
> > been set to root.  The web pages aren't accessible anymore either. 
> > I've tried this many times over and it is very repeatable.  In fact, 
> > I've found that if I set ownership correctly, then send 2 or 3 
> > messages to the list quickly they all come through.  But if I wait a 
> > minute or so, invariably there is an error and the ownership is back 
> > at root.
> > 
> > What is causing this?
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
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