04-Dec-03 at 16:27, Brent Shafer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
> I have the set to User: mailman - r,w,e (read, write, execute
> capabilities) Group: mailman - r,w,e Everybody: r,w,e
This is not secure. This is not what you are told to do by the
documentation. Setting something to rwx rwx rwx (usually we use x for
execute rather than e, because that's how ls -l displays it...) is
something I have never found necessary. Ever.
> checking permissions on /usr/local/mailman... configure: error:
> ***** Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not configured pr
> operly!
> ***** Set-gid bit must be set for directory: /usr/local/mailman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailman-2.1.3]$
>
> To What am I supposed to set the gid, and how am I supposed to get that
> accomplished?
/usr/local/mailman should look something like this:
drwxrwsr-x 21 root mailman 4096 Sep 6 15:41 mailman
This is clear in the documentation:
"Watch out if your site does something like mount /usr/local with the
nosuid option. This will break Mailman, which relies on set-gid
programs for its security. If this describes your environment, simply
install Mailman in a location that allows setgid programs.
Make sure the install directory is set to group `mailman' (or whatever
you're going to specify as --with-groupname) and has the setgid bit set
(but see README.BSD if you're on a BSD system). You probably also want
to guarantee that this directory is readable and executable by everyone.
For example, these shell commands will accomplish this:
% cd $prefix
% chgrp mailman .
% chmod a+rx,g+ws .
"
In your case, $prefix can be replaced by /usr/local/mailman, unless /usr
or /usr/local are mounted nosuid.
Regards,
--
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