[Mailman-Users] Cron test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily (fwd)

[Stephen R Laniel]

Hi folks,

Following up on what I wrote yesterday, I got this cron report in my
email this morning. Might this explain why I'm seeing the mailman
problems that I'm seeing?

Also, root:root owns a lot of the mailman files. Does the owner matter
much?

Thanks for any help you can give me. This is a highly irritating problem
- and vaguely urgent, since I want to get a mailing list up and running
to discuss a friend's upcoming bachelor party. :-)

Thanks,
Steve

----- Forwarded message from Cron Daemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cron <root@bertrandrussell> test -e /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report 
/etc/cron.daily
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:33:04 -0400

/etc/cron.daily/mailman:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 92, in ?
    main()
  File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 41, in main
    mlist = MailList.MailList(name)
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.Lock()
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1340, in Lock
    self.__lock.lock(timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 219, in lock
    self.__write()
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 350, in __write
    fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
'/var/lib/mailman/locks/bachelor_party.lock.bertrandrussell.10065'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 65, in ?
    main()
  File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 42, in main
    send_list_digest(mlist)
  File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 46, in send_list_digest
    mlist.Lock()
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1340, in Lock
    self.__lock.lock(timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 219, in lock
    self.__write()
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 350, in __write
    fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 
'/var/lib/mailman/locks/bachelor_party.lock.bertrandrussell.10067'
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/mailman exited with return code 1

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