Okay, the sympa-2.7.3-2mdk fixed a lot of the bugs from my earlier report,
thank you!  Here's what remains.  Step-by-step follows..


## 01 ##
rpm -ev sympa

## 02 ##
# Remove any/all remaining traces of
# old Sympa RPMs (quite a few, since
# that first package had a few
# problems..)

## 03 ##
rpm -ivh sympa-2.7.3-2mdk.i586.rpm

## 04 ##
# Had to do all this to get it to
# work on a standard install
# (except the SSL part, but Mandrake
# can at least correct the path to
# SSL, it's set for /usr/local.. by
# default).  The log_socket_type was
# the key to making it work right.
pico /etc/sympa.conf

diff /etc/sympa.conf.dist /etc/sympa.conf
26c26
< log_socket_type       unix
---
> log_socket_type       inet
46c46
< host          your.host
---
> host          my.hostname.com
49c49
< listmaster    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
> listmaster    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
53c53
< wwsympa_url   http://your.host/wws
---
> wwsympa_url   http://my.hostname.com/wws
86c86
< #openssl         /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl
---
> openssl         /usr/bin/openssl

## 05 ##
# This config file isn't copied,
# can this be fixed please?
cp /home/sympa/sample/wwsympa.conf /etc
chmod 644 /etc/wwsympa.conf

## 06 ##
# These need to be set to work on a
# somewhat standard Mandrake install,
# without them, I got errors up the
# rear.
pico /etc/wwsympa.conf

diff /home/sympa/sample/wwsympa.conf  wwsympa.conf 
3c3
< use_fast_cgi  1
---
> use_fast_cgi  0
22c22
< # log_facility LOCAL2
---
> log_facility LOCAL1

## 07 ##
# Can this please be added automatically?
# Even if you leave it commented out, WWSympa
# doesn't work unless you have this line in
# your Apache configuration.  Inserting it and
# leaving it commented out makes LOTS of sense.
echo "ScriptAlias /wws /home/sympa/bin/wwsympa.fcgi" >>
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

## 08 ##
# Annoying cleanup, this needs to be fixed.
# The one graphic gets placed in the wrong
# directory and the directory's ownership
# gets changed to sympa.sympa, which is BAD.
mkdir /home/httpd/icons/sympa
chown sympa.sympa /home/httpd/icons/sympa
mv /home/httpd/icons/logo-s.gif /home/httpd/icons/sympa
chown root.root /home/httpd/icons


After all of this, bringing up my web browser and
hitting http://my.hostname.com/wws brought me right
to a WWSympa login screen.  YAY!  I finally did it.
Thanks to Geoffrey for packaging the new version,
looking forward to a final one in the next few days
(if you have the time).

Don Head
Linux Mentor
Wave Technologies, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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