[Mailman-Users] Apache does not have permission to accesspipermail/listname
Mark Sapiro
mark at msapiro.net
Mon Apr 13 21:07:49 CEST 2009
Lars Olson wrote:
>I am receiving an apache forbidden page when I try to access my archives
>after moving my lists to a new server. My old server was 2.1.8 new server
>is running 2.1.9 and using the same domain name.
>
>Everything is working correctly except the archives...
>
>/etc/httpd/conf.d/mailman.conf has appropriate piper alias
>--- cut here ---
>Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/
><Directory /var/lib/mailman/archives/public>
> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride None
> Order allow,deny
> Allow from all
></Directory>
>--- end cut here ---
>
>- Permissions on public archives directory is drwxrwsr-x with symlinks to
>private lists
>- Permissions on private archives directory is drwxrws--x with directories
That's good.
>below as drwxrwsr-x
>- Files within the private folder are world readable with -rw-rw-r--
>- I ran the bin/arch script (/usr/lib/mailman/bin/arch listname
>archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox)
>- I ran the withlist script to verify permissions are correct (./withlist -l
>-r fix_url listname)
It's bin/check_perms that checks permissions. fix_url changes web and
email host names for the list which chouldn't be necessary in your
situation.
>Don't know what else to try. Haven't found anything in the FAQ or the
>Mailman archives. I have tried reading the documentation labyrinth but that
>hasn't helped so far - I'm thinking I need a new direction, a new path to
>follow - been looking at this too long...
>
>Looking for some help at this point.
What is the error message in Apache's error_log?
Is this a SELinux or other security manager issue?
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