[Mailman-Users] Errors on mailman startup

[Malveeka Tewari]

Hi

I installed mailman on localhost using the following instructions on
http://systers.org/systers-soc/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation_-_production

But on starting mailman I get an error:
Site-list is missing: mailman-admin

Can anyone help me here?

Thanks
Malveeka

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Dave Filchak <submit at zuka.net> wrote:

> Mark Sapiro wrote:
>
>> Dave Filchak wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Mark Sapiro wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Did you actually do the test described in the post at
>>>> <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-May/044976.html>
>>>> (linked from the FAQ) as the Mailman user?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes. This test was fine.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Did you actually try to send mail as described in the post at
>>>> <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-May/044746.html>
>>>> (linked from the FAQ) as the Mailman user?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This worked as well although, as I mention below, I am not logged in a
>>> mailman as mailman has no login shell and no password. Do I need to create
>>> one for mailman and try it again?
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you did those as the Mailman user and they didn't show any error,
>>>> then I can't explain why it fails when OutgoingRunner does the exact
>>>> same thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Did not do them as the mailman user but as another user (not root). User
>>> mailman has no login shell (/sbin/nologin) Should mailman need a login shell
>>> and passwd? It never has before and mailman was working. Again, there was a
>>> UPS failure at my ISP and the servers lost power abruptly so something might
>>> have happened then. But everything else is working, including regular mail.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> No. Mailman doesn't need a login shell or a password. You should be
>> able to do, e.g.
>>
>> sudo -u mailman /bin/bash
>>
>> in order to get a command shell running as mailman or
>>
>> sudo -u mailman python
>>
>> to get a python interpreter.
>>
>> It seems there is a permissions issue somewhere that is preventing
>> mailman from accessing something. Make sure /etc/hosts and
>> /etc/resolve.conf are world readable. If that isn't it, try to narrow
>> it down by running the tests as mailman using sudo as above.
>>
>>
>>
> OK .. ran both tests as mailman. First one was fine. Second one, while it
> shown no errors initially, I only received the email that was sent as a rcpt
> (secondary email address). The To: email address did not get delivered. The
> smtp-failure logs do not show a specific error for that email transaction
> but it still shows a ton of the same errors, i.e.:
>
> May 29 16:21:04 2009 (6489) Low level smtp error: (-2, 'Name or service not
> known'), msgid: <mailman.1.1243617046.6486.someone at domain.net>
> May 29 16:21:04 2009 (6489) delivery to someone at domain.org failed with
> code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known')
>
> Both /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts are world readable. I am truly
> stumped.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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