[Mailman-Users] config.db being set to 'root'
Rob Brandt
rbrandt at sbdsl.com
Sat Oct 27 00:47:21 CEST 2001
Problem 2) is solved! The directory /lists/listname did not have
setgid turned on.
Thanks
Rob
>The directories have to be set with g+s, and your OS has to
>respect that (i.e. new files created in such directories
>need to inherit the group ownership of the parent dir).
>I suspect that those of you having problems are either
>missing a g+s bit somewhere or have an OS that doesn't
>implement this semantic.
>
>> I've had this same problem for quite a while on some of my lists. It
>> drives me bonkers.
>>
>> Dave Klingler
>>
>> > Hi. I've had a long standing problem and now a new second problem
>> > with file permissions/group ownership. Maybe connected?
>> >
>> > 1) Long standing problem - when I create a new list, I have to
>> > manually change the group permissions of the files in the
>> > /list/listname directory before the list would function. If I don't
>> > do this, I get the "we've hit a bug" message in the browser when I
>> > try to access the list info.
>> >
>> > 2) New problem - I've created a new list for the first time in a few
>> > months, and set the file permissions just like other lists I have
>> > that work fine. After getting everything set up and configured, I
>> > try and send messages through. The first message comes through OK,
>> > but subsequent submissions are rejected by Postfix because the
>> > config.db permissions are wrong. Sure enough, config.db group has
>> > been set to root. The web pages aren't accessible anymore either.
>> > I've tried this many times over and it is very repeatable. In fact,
>> > I've found that if I set ownership correctly, then send 2 or 3
>> > messages to the list quickly they all come through. But if I wait a
>> > minute or so, invariably there is an error and the ownership is back
>> > at root.
>> >
>> > What is causing this?
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
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