On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 10:34 AM Gerald Vogt <v...@spamcop.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 04.11.24 02:06, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > On 11/3/24 11:31, Arte Chambers via Mailman-users wrote: > > We should probably cover this in the docs, but for /etc/mailman3, you > > should do > > ``` > > sudo mkdir /etc/mailman3 > > sudo chown mailman:mailman /etc/mailman3 > > sudo chmod 755 /etc/mailman3 > > ``` > > Then you can create all the subordinate files as the mailman user. For > > other things like the systemd service and the postfix and web server > > configs, you need to do them as root (via sudo). > > is it really necessary that the mailman user can write that directory? > For most services, directories and files in /etc/ may be readable for > the service but usually not writable as you don't want the service > itself change it's core configuration. > > On your server it looks like this: > > # ls -la /etc/mailman3 > total 28 > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root mailman 95 Oct 25 08:12 . > drwxr-xr-x. 99 root root 8192 Oct 29 07:42 .. > -rw-r--r--. 1 root mailman 266 Oct 25 07:37 gunicorn.conf > -rw-r-----. 1 root mailman 92 Nov 21 2023 mailman-hyperkitty.cfg > -rw-r-----. 1 root mailman 797 Sep 9 11:20 mailman.cfg > -rw-r-----. 1 root mailman 3015 Oct 25 08:12 settings.py > > and it works just fine. > True, but making the mailman user own the files makes life easier when you operate from the virtualenv - you do not have to exit the virtualenv to edit the files in /etc/mailman3, and then re-enter the virtualenv. You do not have to give the mailman user sudoer rights. That's the whole point about the below: ``` sudo mkdir /etc/mailman3 sudo chown mailman:mailman /etc/mailman3 sudo chmod 755 /etc/mailman3 ``` -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] _______________________________________________ Mailman-users mailing list -- mailman-users@mailman3.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@mailman3.org https://lists.mailman3.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.mailman3.org/ Archived at: https://lists.mailman3.org/archives/list/mailman-users@mailman3.org/message/WTHLGUSCZCOQ3ACZUSUCPST7ABVFOWOY/ This message sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
