Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman error when sending to test-subscribe
Thanks John, that did it. I did, however have to create the /usr/local/mailman directory first, it wouldn't configure until I did that. So, here's my new steps. % cd /usr/src % tar -zxvf ./mailman-2.1.6.tgz # mkdir /usr/local/mailman # chgrp mailman /usr/local/mailman#did this according to the README # chmod a+rx,g+ws /usr/local/mailman #did this according to the README % ./configure --with-mail-gid=nogroup # make # make install And there you have it. The README led me to believe you were supposed to run the install in the destination directory, I thought that was weird, I must have misunderstood what I read :-) Thanks again. Mike -Original Message- From: John Dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 15:12 To: Mike Hanby Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman error when sending to test-subscribe On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 14:24 -0500, Mike Hanby wrote: Ok, I reinstalled, here are the steps that I followed (btw I'm using Slackware 10). As root, I created the mailman user and mailman group. I have mailman temporarily set up to allow shell access (so I can install as mailman). You do not need to be mailman to install mailman, to install mailman you should be root. The mailman user and group will need to exist prior to installation so that the installed components can be assigned that identity. # cd /usr/local # tar -zxvf ./mailman-2.1.6.tgz # chgrp -R mailman ./mailman-2.1.6 # chmod -R a+rx,g+ws ./mailman-2.1.6 # ln -s ./mailman-2.1.6 ./mailman # su - mailman None of this is necessary (except for untaring) % cd /usr/local/mailman % ./configure --with-mail-gid=nogroup % make install ./mailman-install.log 21 ouch. you're building in the install area before you've installed, sounds like a recipe for disaster. :-) You've also installed as the user mailman, not root. Think of your build area as a staging area that is used to construct what will be placed into the the install area by the root user. By trying to point the install at your build you're going to step all over what you've built as it installs. It's equivalent to trying to copy a file onto itself :-( I still don't see the ./scripts/subscribe script. The subscribe script is just a copy of the join script (unsubscribe is a copy of leave). The part of install that copied the existing scripts worked, the part that installed copies of join and leave did not. I'm not sure why that part of the install failed but installing into the build area and not being root during the install are likely culprits. -- John Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman error when sending to test-subscribe
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 14:24 -0500, Mike Hanby wrote: Ok, I reinstalled, here are the steps that I followed (btw I'm using Slackware 10). As root, I created the mailman user and mailman group. I have mailman temporarily set up to allow shell access (so I can install as mailman). You do not need to be mailman to install mailman, to install mailman you should be root. The mailman user and group will need to exist prior to installation so that the installed components can be assigned that identity. # cd /usr/local # tar -zxvf ./mailman-2.1.6.tgz # chgrp -R mailman ./mailman-2.1.6 # chmod -R a+rx,g+ws ./mailman-2.1.6 # ln -s ./mailman-2.1.6 ./mailman # su - mailman None of this is necessary (except for untaring) % cd /usr/local/mailman % ./configure --with-mail-gid=nogroup % make install ./mailman-install.log 21 ouch. you're building in the install area before you've installed, sounds like a recipe for disaster. :-) You've also installed as the user mailman, not root. Think of your build area as a staging area that is used to construct what will be placed into the the install area by the root user. By trying to point the install at your build you're going to step all over what you've built as it installs. It's equivalent to trying to copy a file onto itself :-( I still don't see the ./scripts/subscribe script. The subscribe script is just a copy of the join script (unsubscribe is a copy of leave). The part of install that copied the existing scripts worked, the part that installed copies of join and leave did not. I'm not sure why that part of the install failed but installing into the build area and not being root during the install are likely culprits. -- John Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman error when sending to test-subscribe
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 16:11 -0400, John Dennis wrote: ouch. you're building in the install area before you've installed, This probably was not clear because I omitted an important but somewhat hidden fact, /usr/local/mailman is the default installation directory. Had you typed ./configure --help you would have seen this: Installation directories: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local/mailman] You could override the prefix or have picked another build area, but the two should not be identical because they will collide. -- John Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
[Mailman-Users] Mailman error when sending to test-subscribe
Howdy, I'm have the following setup: Postfix:2.2.3 Mailman:2.1.6 THE PROBLEM: Here's the error I see in my /var/log/maillog after sending a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], relay=local, delay=1, status=bounced (Command died with status 2: /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe test. Command output: /usr/bin/python: can't open file '/usr/local/mailman/scripts/subscribe' ) I looked in /usr/local/mailman/scripts and sure enough that script isn't there! MY CONFIGURATION: I installed from source using the configure command: ./configure --with-mail-gid=nogroup Based on one of the Postfix install guides, I have these settings in my /etc/aliases file (and in the aliases.db created by ./bin/genaliases) test: |/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test test-admin:|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin test test-bounces: |/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces test test-confirm: |/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm test test-join: |/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join test test-leave:|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave test test-owner:|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner test test-request: |/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request test test-subscribe:|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe test test-unsubscribe: |/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe test -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman error when sending to test-subscribe
On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 04:31:24PM -0500, Mike Hanby wrote: to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], relay=local, delay=1, status=bounced (Command died with status 2: /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe test. Command output: /usr/bin/python: can't open file '/usr/local/mailman/scripts/subscribe' ) I looked in /usr/local/mailman/scripts and sure enough that script isn't there! It should be. :-) MY CONFIGURATION: I installed from source using the configure command: ./configure --with-mail-gid=nogroup And then did 'make', and then as root 'make install'? It looks like your installation isn't complete or the /usr/local/mailman/scripts/subscribe file would exist. -- Jim Tittsler http://www.OnJapan.net/ GPG: 0x01159DB6 Python Starship http://Starship.Python.net/crew/jwt/ Mailman IRC irc://irc.freenode.net/#mailman -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
