[Mailman-Users] web server user conflict

[Michael Geary]

So, you're saying that this has happened to you as well? Did you find 
the fix?

Thanks,

mg

On Monday, August 26, 2002, at 02:42 PM, Greg Westin wrote:

> I'd noticed that when I create a list from the web, the directory for 
> that
> list is owned by 'www' rather than mailman... I didn't check the stuff
> inside it at the time, but I have a feeling the files you refer to were
> probably also owned by www.
>
> I don't remember any cron job problems, but then again I deleted those
> lists pretty quickly, because they were just my attempts to experiment
> with virtual domains.
>
> Greg Westin
> greg at gregwestin.com
>
> <quote who="Michael Geary">
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I sense that this may be a FAQ, but I can't find a clear source of
>> information about it.
>>
>> I am running mailman with Postfix and Apache. Everything seems to be
>> okay. I have created a user and group called "mailman" and changed the
>> ownership of everything in the main mailman director
>> (/usr/local/mailman) to mailman:mailman.
>>
>> However, whenever I use the web-based admin tools, the ownership of
>> files:
>>
>> -rw-rw----  1 mailman      mailman  4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db
>> -rw-rw----  1 mailman      mailman  4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
>>
>> changes to:
>>
>> -rw-rw----  1 www      mailman  4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db
>> -rw-rw----  1 www      mailman  4094 Aug 26 14:29 config.db.last
>>
>> and I then get permission errors from the cron job "qrunner" until I
>> change permissions back to mailman:mailman.
>>
>> I suspect that something needed to be done with the -gid or -uid
>> configure options, but the INSTALL notes weren't clear enough for me.
>>
>> Could anyone help? Thanks,
>>
>> michael geary
>>
>>
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