[Mailman-Users] problem with check perms; THANKS, RICHARD!

[javier]

bash-2.03# ls -la
total 42
drwxrwsr-x  18 mailman  mailman      512 Jul  3 12:50 .
drwxr-xr-x  10 root     other        512 Jun 27 13:06 ..
drwxrwsr-x  11 root     mailman     1536 Jul  2 11:22 Mailman
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     mailman       26 Jul  3 12:50 archives -> 
/dirarcon/mailman/archives
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman     1024 Jul  2 11:23 bin
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 cgi-bin
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 cron
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 data
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 icons
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     mailman       23 Jul  3 12:50 lists -> 
/dirarcon/mailman/lists
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:40 locks
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:24 logs
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 mail
drwxrwsr-x  20 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:42 messages
drwxrwsr-x   6 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:41 pythonlib
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:40 qfiles
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:24 scripts
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:40 spam
drwxrwsr-x  23 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:41 templates
drwxrwsr-x   4 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:23 tests
bash-2.03# bin/check_perms
directory permissions must be 02775: /usr/local/mailman/lists
Problems found: 1
Re-run as mailman (or root) with -f flag to fix
bash-2.03# bin/check_perms -f
directory permissions must be 02775: /usr/local/mailman/lists (fixing)
Problems found: 1
Re-run as mailman (or root) with -f flag to fix
bash-2.03# bin/check_perms
No problems found


Richard Barrett wrote:

> At 11:24 03/07/2003, javier wrote:
>
>> SO:solaris 8, i'm trying to save lists and archives in a network 
>> applyant, how can i make symbolic links to those folders??
>>
>> thankyou
>>
>> bash-2.03# cd /usr/local/mailman/
>> bash-2.03# ls -la
>> total 42
>> drwxrwsr-x  18 mailman  mailman      512 Jul  3 12:18 .
>> drwxr-xr-x  10 root     other        512 Jun 27 13:06 ..
>> drwxrwsr-x  11 root     mailman     1536 Jul  2 11:22 Mailman
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     mailman        8 Jul  3 12:18 archives -> 
>> archives
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman     1024 Jul  2 11:23 bin
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 cgi-bin
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 cron
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 data
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 icons
>> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     mailman        5 Jul  3 12:18 lists -> lists
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:40 locks
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:24 logs
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:22 mail
>> drwxrwsr-x  20 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:42 messages
>> drwxrwsr-x   6 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:41 pythonlib
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:40 qfiles
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:24 scripts
>> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:40 spam
>> drwxrwsr-x  23 root     mailman      512 Jul  1 12:41 templates
>> drwxrwsr-x   4 root     mailman      512 Jul  2 11:23 tests
>> bash-2.03# bin/check_perms
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "bin/check_perms", line 362, in ?
>>    checkall()
>>  File "bin/check_perms", line 185, in checkall
>>    os.path.walk(d, checkwalk, STATE)
>>  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/posixpath.py", line 279, in walk
>>    func(arg, top, names)
>>  File "bin/check_perms", line 99, in checkwalk
>>    mode, gid = statgidmode(path)
>>  File "bin/check_perms", line 84, in statgidmode
>>    stat = os.stat(path)
>> OSError: [Errno 90] Number of symbolic links encountered during path 
>> name traversal exceeds MAXSYMLINKS: '/usr/local/mailman/archives'
>
>
> From the 'ls' output, both 'archives' and 'lists' appear to be 
> symlinks to themselves. This would explain why MAXSYMLINKS needs to 
> exist and why it is being exceeded.
>
> In answer to your first question, how is the file space on this 
> 'network appliance' made available in your file system? Is it NFS 
> mounted? If so where is it mounted and what is the problem you have in 
> creating the necessary symlinks to it. If not, you will have a real 
> problem putting a symlink in your file system to it.
>
>> -- 
>> Javier Romero Casado
>>  tel.913357274
>> Dep. Comunicaciones
>>     CEDEX
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
> Richard Barrett                                      
> http://www.openinfo.co.uk
>
>
>

-- 
Javier Romero Casado
  tel.913357274
Dep. Comunicaciones
     CEDEX