[Mailman-Users] Errors running check_db

[Brad Knowles]

At 1:48 AM -0400 2004/05/30, Bruce Embrey wrote:

>  When running check_db -av I get an error on some lists "[Errno 2] No such
>  file or directory: '/var/mailman/lists/listname/config.db.last'. Some of my
>  lists have a number of files in their directories and some have only two
>  (config.pck and config.pck.last). Is this a problem and what can be done to
>  correct it?

	IIRC, config.db was used by Mailman 2.0.x, while config.pck is 
used by Mailman 2.1.x.  You're not trying to mix these two versions 
on the same sets of files are you?!?

>              Also is it safe to tar up the entire mailman directory while
>  mailman and the MTAand the HTTP servers are running?

	No.  It is not.  You need to stop both of them before you start 
moving things around or using tools like tar.

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