[Mailman-Users] mailman-2.1b2 / linux install problem

[Merton Campbell Crockett]

On Sat, 25 May 2002, Emmanuel Viennet wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I find mailman-2.1b2 quite difficult to install on a 
> linux redhat 7.2 system (problems with file permissions).
> 
> BUT, when I try to create a list through the web, I get:
> Bug in Mailman version 2.1b2
> 
> We're sorry, we hit a bug!
> 
> RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)
> 
> After some investigations, I noticed that Postfix.py (and thus postalias)
> is running with UID=apache, GID=mailman, groups=[apache]
> 
> 
> Can someone help me ?

I am evaluating Mailman as an alternative to Majordomo which I have been
using for years.  I just installed Mailman yesterday.  The "We're sorry, we
hit a bug!" results from ~mailman/cgi-bin not having the correct UID.  The
"cheap" fix is to use chown to set the owner to that used by Apache.

	chown -R www:mailman cgi-bin

Assuming that Apache is running as "www" the above will correct the problem.

Merton Campbell Crockett



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