[Mailman-Users] moving mailman to another server

[myron]

On Jul 29, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote:

> myron wrote:
>>
>> I think it's working now. When I run bin/check_perms I get 10 listed
>> problems--all links.
>> I looked at some of the links and they are right. I assume the rest
>> are too.
>>
>> However, when I create a newlist, it is made with the same wrong
>> permissions, but running
>> bin/check_perms doesn't report it. So, I'm guessing that all I need  
>> to
>> do is set www-data:list
>> on the list whenever I create a new list.
>
>
> Exactly which directories/files get incorrect owner:group? What  
> exactly
> is the incorrect owner:group? Is the superordinate directory group
> 'list' and SETGID?

root at errol:/var/lib/mailman/archives# ll
drwxrws--- 14 www-data list 4096 2011-07-29 10:48 private/
drwxrwsr-x  2 root     list 4096 2011-07-29 10:48 public/

>
> Note that in general the owner is irrelevant but the group should
> always be 'list'. The only place owner matters is on the single
> directory /var/lib/mailman/archives/private and only if it is not o+x.
> See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/tYA9> and the installation
> manual at <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node9.html> for further
> information.

And it works. I tested it this time instead of just assuming. The  
archives appear for
both aaa and xxx lists. Thanks.

drwxrws--- 14 www-data list 4096 2011-07-29 10:48 ./
drwxrwsr-x  4 root     list 4096 2011-07-20 10:38 ../
drwxrwsr-x  2 root     list 4096 2011-07-29 10:48 aaa/
drwxrwsr-x  2 root     list 4096 2011-07-29 10:48 aaa.mbox/
drwxrwsr-x  2 www-data list 4096 2011-07-20 10:39 mailman/
drwxrwsr-x  2 www-data list 4096 2011-07-20 10:39 mailman.mbox/
drwxrwsr-x  6 www-data list 4096 2011-07-28 03:27 xxx/
drwxrwsr-x  2 www-data list 4096 2011-07-27 15:34 xxx.mbox/


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