I'm sure this is a configuration problem somewhere but, I managed to get
everything working nicely though there were a few steps that weren't in the
book. $prefix is /home/mailman, and my Apache server says Group=nobody. So
I tried
./configure --with-ownergroup=mailman --with-mail-gid=mailman
--with-cgi-gid=nobody
But this failed to send mail, with a log in qmail saying it expected 509
(nofiles) got 512 (mailman). So I tried
./configure --with-ownergroup=mailman --with-mail-gid=nofiles
--with-cgi-gid=nobody
This works after doing two things that feel unnatural. First, since the
configure and make are being done sudo, all the files under $prefix have
owner root. So I chown -R mailman . in the mailman directory. Ok, now I can
create a list, send a subscribe from the web interface, and get confirm
request. But when I reply to the confirm request, nothing happens. I tried
list_members and I get
Traceback (innermost last):
File "bin/list_members", line 141, in ?
main()
File "bin/list_members", line 115, in main
mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0)
File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 79, in __init__
self.Load()
File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 891, in Load
dict, e = self.__load(dbfile)
File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 868, in __load
fp = open(dbfile)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/mailman/lists/test2/config.db'
I look at config.db and its ownership has switched back to 'nobody'. If I
chown it and re-send my confirmation, everything works and the list manages
fine. But the next subscribe request hoses it again.
I feel close -- what's the secret?
-Mike
Michael Deck
Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.
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