Michael E. Duffy wrote: > >I'm trying to import my old mailman files (specficically the users >information) from my old install of mailman. The data have been >recovered from a failed disk, and I want to import it in to my new 2.1.6 >install. The files in questions are: > >config.db (old) --> config.pck (new) > >Is there a simple way to do this?
Yes. There are two ways. Way 1 - do not create the list. Manually create the lists/listname/ directory with proper ownership and permissions and put the old config.db file in the directory. The first time you access the list, Mailman will update/convert the config.db and save a config.pck (and config.pck.last). You can then remove the config.db. Drawbacks - no archives unless you also recover and restore those, and maybe no archive directories either. Way 2 - create the list. Then put the old config.db file in the lists/listname/ directory AND (crucially important) remove the config.pck and config.pck.last. Then when you access the list Mailman will create the files as above and you can remove the config.db. Again, archives need to be recovered separately, but at least the directory structure will all be there. Background - when Mailman (since 2.1) accesses a list, it looks for config.pck, config.pck.last, config.db and config.db.last in that order. The first good one it finds is what it uses. If it's not for the current version, it does the best it can to convert the settings, defaulting new ones, and then saves it as config.pck. config.pck.last is the previous config.pck as a backup. With either method, you'll want to go through the configuration after conversion and make sure things are OK. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ 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
