Here is my update to everybody out there who has helped me. Everybody's info was very helpful!
I have apache and postfix successfully installed on my FreeBSD 4.4 box. * I rm'd all files/directories pertaining to mailman from /home/mailman * I created /usr/local/src/mailman and de-arc'd the tar file to that directory * make clean didn't work, but I think that had something to do with me deleting a bunch of stuff in the first step. * I ran ./configure in /usr/local/src/mailman I found out that my mailman is GID=999 UID=1003 I found out that my postfix is GID=1003 UID=1002 I didn't enter any parameters into ./configure since I wasn't sure how it would handle them. * make install - went uneventfully * /home/mailman/bin/check_perms - No Problems So it appears that steps 1-3 in the INSTALL were successfully completed. I couldn't have done it without your help. I am still unsure about how to proceed with step 4. I am not incredibly familiar with Apache and I have absolutely no experience with cgi-bin yet. I have not yet any experience with cron/crontab either. To tell you the truth, I am afraid to proceed any further since I am afraid I might screw up and have to start all over again. I am not sure if I should just jump right in and modify my apache/httpd.conf script like Darren recommended last week. If anybody has suggestions about how I should continue, please let me know. I have saved all my e-mails from this list for a month back, so feel free to refer to others e-mails. On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Darren wrote: > Hmm. I'll try to help. I just got mine set up on FreeBSD with Postfix. I > am working with the maintainer of the ports right now because the ports have > known issues. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but you sound new to FreeBSD too. > > Since you are having trouble with the ./configure method, why don't you try > installing it from ports? The hardest thing that you'll have to do is edit > the Makefile. > > What mailer are you going to use? Do you have Apache installed yet? You > need to have both of these running before you tackle Mailman. > > Darren > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Legg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:54 PM > Subject: [Mailman-Users] I don't really know what is right or wrong > > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to follow the instructions as best as I can, but I don't think > > I am understanding it correctly. Is there any better document other than > > the INSTALL document that comes with mailman-208? I honestly can't see > > myself installing mailman by using this document. > > > > Here are some questions/problems I came across anyway. > > > > In step 1, I was to create an installation directory which is referred to > > as $prefix. The next paragraph told me that /home/mailman is the default. > > I copied the tarball into this directory for installation and followed the > > remaining steps. In step 2 I ran ./configure The directory where my > > source code was present was /home/mailman/ and since that was the default, > > I didn't have to chenge that. make install worked perfectly but > > check_perms found 333 problems. At the end of step 3, I am told to run > > check_perms from a location other than the source directory. > > > > I thought the install directory and source directory were the same thing > > and that make install would just copy the files to where ever they need to > > be. But now I am told that they need to be different. Where was I > > supposed to save my soucre then? Is /home/mailman the right place, or did > > I screw up royally doing that? > > > > I honestly don't have any idea what is going on anymore. I am probably > > beyond any hope at this point, now that neither the FreeBSD ports version > > worked or my building it manually. Is this really meant to be run under > > FreeBSD? At how awkward this install is, I am beginning to have my > > doubts. > > > > I also don't know what all that set-group-id stuff is about or how python > > works. It took forever to find that there is no Run command for 'Run > > bin/check/perms' as written in Step 3. > > > > What I need is a step-by-step description telling me what I need to type > > in order to get this thing installed on a freshly installed version of > > FreeBSD. Is there anything that can be done? > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users