[Mailman-Users] Installation Problem

Scott Baker bakers at web-ster.com
Wed May 8 22:42:45 CEST 2002


I just did a clean install of mailman on a Debian system running postfix 
and I'm getting permission errors when I sign up for any of the mailing 
lists I create:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 222, in ?
main()
File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 203, in main
process_lists(lock)
File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 140, in process_lists
mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 79, in __init__
self.Load()
File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 892, in Load
dict, e = self.__load(dbfile)
File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 869, in __load
fp = open(dbfile)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/mailman/lists/wtc/config.db'

I went over the installation instructions TWICE and I can't see where I 
went wrong.  Can someone help?



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Scott Baker - Webster Internet
Network Engineer
503.266.8253






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