[Mailman-Users] Web admin interface (permissions) problem

[Brad Knowles]

At 1:50 PM +0100 2004/06/01, Alexandra West wrote:

>  We're running Mailman 2.1.4 with Python 2.2 on Woody (kernel 2.1.43),
>  Apache 1.3.26. I have no problem configuring the lists from
>  /var/lib/mailman/bin and viewing the results in the web admin interface.
>  However, whenever I try to change anything through the web interface,
>  all changes are lost after hitting the Submit changes button.

	Have you changed the URL for the list, without completely 
following the instructions at 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.029.htp>? 
Have you changed the list to secure it via HTTPS/SSL/TLS, without 
completely following the instructions at 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.027.htp>?

	Personally, it sounds to me like you're accessing the site via a 
redirect, which is tossing away the POST changes.  See also the 
entire thread including 
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-April/035964.html>.

>  Any ideas? Is there a FAQ I've overlooked? I can probably not see the
>  wood for the trees anymore.

	The redirect issue has come up before.  If you can come up with a 
suitable entry for the Mailman FAQ, I'd encourage you to add it to 
the list.  Alternatively, if you can adequately describe your problem 
in a way that would be more obvious, then we can create a suitable 
FAQ entry and put it into the Wizard.

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