[Mailman-Users] Beginners question [2 attachments]

[Richard Barrett]

In you httpd.conf I think that these lines:

ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/
<Directory /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin>

should read:

ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin
<Directory /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin>


At 15:24 16/04/2003, Jeffery D. Goddard wrote:
>Sorry this is such a simple question - I've read through the docs and the 
>FAQ but can't seem to find a specific instance where my question is 
>addressed. Everything refers me to other documentation and I feel like I'm 
>getting caught in a circle. The root of my problem is that the permissions 
>on the mailman cgi scripts aren't accessible to the web server. Here's the 
>setup. I'm using Mandrake 9.0. I removed the default mailman installation 
>in /var/lib/mailman. I put a second hard drive in that mounts under 
>/usr/local/mailman. I have a user "mail" with a uid of 4 and a gid of 8. 
>Apache had a uid/gid of 72 on my system. I ran

The --with-cgi-gid must match the gid set by the Group directive in httpd.conf.

>./configure --with-username=4 --with-groupname=mail --with-mail-gid=12
>- --with-cgi-gid=72
>
>Everything seems to be installed correctly. /usr/local/mailman is owned by 
>mail. Attached are my httpd.conf and mailman.conf files. Can anyone 
>provide me with some insight as to what I'm doing wrong?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>#
>StartServers 4
>
>#
># Limit on total number of servers running, i.e., limit on the number
># of clients who can simultaneously connect --- if this limit is ever
># reached, clients will be LOCKED OUT, so it should NOT BE SET TOO LOW.
># It is intended mainly as a brake to keep a runaway server from taking
># the system with it as it spirals down...
>#
>MaxClients 150
>
>#
># MaxRequestsPerChild: the number of requests each child process is
># allowed to process before the child dies.  The child will exit so
># as to avoid problems after prolonged use when Apache (and maybe the
># libraries it uses) leak memory or other resources.  On most systems, this
># isn't really needed, but a few (such as Solaris) do have notable leaks
># in the libraries. For these platforms, set to something like 10000
># or so; a setting of 0 means unlimited.
>#
># NOTE: This value does not include keepalive requests after the initial
>#       request per connection. For example, if a child process handles
>#       an initial request and 10 subsequent "keptalive" requests, it
>#       would only count as 1 request towards this limit.
>#
>MaxRequestsPerChild 500
>
>Include  conf/addon-modules/php.conf
>Include  conf/ssl/mod_ssl.conf
>Include  conf/ssl/ssl.default-vhost.conf
>Include  conf/mailman.conf
>#
># Configure Mailman's CGI scripts
>#
>ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/
><Directory /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin>
>   Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks -Includes ExecCgi
>   AllowOverride None
>   order allow,deny
>   allow from all
></Directory>
>
>#
># Configure the public archives
>#
>Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/
><Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public>
>   Options -Indexes FollowSymlinks -Includes
>   AllowOverride None
>   order allow,deny
>   allow from all
></Directory>
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