Check the archives for this... I remember reading posts about this maybe a month ago, but I don't remember if it was solved or not. Sorry I can't be of more help.
-Greg > From: Steve Rifkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Passwords of members UPDATE > > WHOA! Here is something weird... all my mailman files are owned by user mailman > and group mailman. > > At the list level, for a test list (mmtest), the dir looks like: > > -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 3082 Dec 27 11:48 config.db > -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 3082 Dec 27 11:47 config.db.last > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 869 Dec 26 16:57 request.db > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 189 Jan 30 2002 handle_opts.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 1026 Jan 30 2002 headfoot.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 3136 Jan 30 2002 listinfo.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 4106 Jan 30 2002 options.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 1169 Jan 30 2002 roster.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 198 Jan 30 2002 subscribe.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 1706 Jan 30 2002 admindbpreamble.html > > > That's ok. HOWEVER, whenever I log into a list or try to make changes to a > list as the site admin, the ownership changes for config.db: > > -rw-rw---- 1 nobody mailman 3082 Dec 27 11:50 config.db > -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 3082 Dec 27 11:48 config.db.last > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 869 Dec 26 16:57 request.db > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 189 Jan 30 2002 handle_opts.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 1026 Jan 30 2002 headfoot.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 3136 Jan 30 2002 listinfo.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 4106 Jan 30 2002 options.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 1169 Jan 30 2002 roster.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 198 Jan 30 2002 subscribe.html > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 1706 Jan 30 2002 admindbpreamble.html > > > And the filesize for config.db does not change. I suspect that the config.db > file is not changing at all when I attempt changes logged in as the site admin. > > The only change to the file is config.db's ownership keeps changing to nobody! > > Why? > > Maybe the above is a clue to the problem! > > Any thoughts? > > Steve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: archive@jab.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
