[Mailman-Users] unable to start Mailman

[c cc]

Mark,

Thanks!
"And at that point, where was the lists/mailman/config.pck file?"

I assume it was in /var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck because I did
not move the config file when I moved the old list over.

"And to where did you move those losts/LISTNAME/config.pck files."

I move the whole list folder over to /var/lib/mailman list/nameofthelist;
and the config.pck file was in the director.

"If this were my server, I'd 'sudo yum remove mailman', install Mailman
2.1.16 from source and move the list's config.pck files, but this could
cause SeLinux issues if you're running that."

At this point, this is not an option because my manager does not want to
compile from source.

"I am happy to continue to work with you on this, but I'm shortly going
off line for about 48 hours, so I may not be responsive during that period."

Sure! Once again, thanks for your time; I really appreciate it.

Charles


On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net> wrote:

> On 11/05/2013 05:19 PM, c cc wrote:
> >
> > Let me clarify this: No, I can't open the old list's listinfo page, but
> > I can see the list using list_lists command.
>
>
> OK.
>
>
> > When I did the fresh installation and created the "mailman" list before
> > moving any old lists over, I was able to start mailman using: service
> > mailman start.
>
>
>
And at that point, where was the lists/mailman/config.pck file?
>
>
>


> >  As soon I moved any old list over to the new server, that command
> > (service mailman start) no longer worked so did the web interface.
>
>
> And to where did you move those losts/LISTNAME/config.pck files.
>
> And what else did you move. My best guess is this process overwrote some
> critical path or symlink.
>
> > Is it possible that the old lists had overwritten something?
>
>
> Not the lists/LISTNAME/config.pck files themselves, but something else
> you did.
>
>
> > "Is is still the case that '/usr/lib/mailman/bin/
> > mailmanctl start' will
> > successfully start mailman, but 'service mailman start' complains about
> > the missing site list?"
> >
> > Yes
>
>
> Then the service script must be running a different mailmanctl.
>
> If this were my server, I'd 'sudo yum remove mailman', install Mailman
> 2.1.16 from source and move the list's config.pck files, but this could
> cause SeLinux issues if you're running that.
>
> I am happy to continue to work with you on this, but I'm shortly going
> off line for about 48 hours, so I may not be responsive during that period.
>
> --
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>