Thanks all, you guys really give me some hints on my problem. Let me show you permission of the script and the commands the script executes.
> I agree with Mark, it could permission problems either with the script > or with the commands the script executes. > > I sometimes get fooled by the misconception "root can do anything" too, > but in fact it can't, permissions are still checked. The most common > example of this is a file whose permissions are granted only to a > non-root owner. Root is denied in this case. However root can su to that > owner and then perform the operation. > > Also, the complete absence of execute permission is not something root > can compensate for. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81 Jun 7 12:41 /usr/local/sbin/mailman.aliases -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47988 Oct 30 2003 /bin/cp -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 1110 Jun 15 15:11 /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 685 Jun 7 13:42 /etc/mailman.aliases lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Apr 7 2003 /usr/bin/newaliases -> /etc/alternatives/mta-newaliases I create a mailman user, which is in the mailman group. The mailman group only has a mailman user. I suppose the problems are caused by: 1. user mailman has no execute permission to run /usr/local/sbin/mailman.aliases (causes "command not found") 2. user root has no read permission to see /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (causes "status: 1, Operation not permitted") Am I right? Cheers, Diana ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
