Hi folks,
Some more information. I tried to banish all knowledge of the local
hostname by providing the --with-mailhost and --with-urlhost arguments
at the time of configure:
$ ./configure --with-mail-gid=mm --with-cgi-gid=Administrators
--with-groupname=mm --with-cgi-ext=.exe --with-mailhost=ahualoa.net
--with-urlhost=ahualoa.net
Then I did the 'make' and 'make install' and 'check_perms'.
Now, when I try to add a list, I get a python error!
$ newlist --urlhost=ahualoa.net --emailhost=ahualoa.net friends
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Initial friends password:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist", line 254, in ?
main()
File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist", line 196, in main
mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, pw)
File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 488, in Create
self.__lock.lock()
File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock
self.__write()
File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write
fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/usr/local/mailman/locks/<site>.lock.LittleGuy.2992.0'
I have no idea why it is trying to create this lock file, nor why it
would be unable to do so. The permissions are all normal:
$ ls -al /usr/local/mailman
total 0
(...)
drwxrwsrwx+ 2 mailman mm 0 Dec 20 20:55 icons
drwxrwsrwx+ 3 mailman mm 0 Dec 20 22:32 lists
drwxrwsrwx+ 2 mailman mm 0 Dec 20 12:00 locks
The locks folder is empty. I tried running the 'newlist' command as
user 'mailman', and as a user with Adminstrator priveleges. In both
cases it gives that same IOError.
Can anyone help? All I am trying to do is create a simple mailing list.
Thanks,
Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:26 PM
> To: mailman-users@python.org
>
> Aside from the Apache problem, I can't seem to get Mailman to
> create a list. This is on Cygwin.
>
> I give the command:
>
> $ newlist friends
> Enter the email of the person running the list:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Initial friends password: Create a new,
> unpopulated mailing list.
> Usage: /usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist [options] [listname
> [listadmin-addr [admin- password]]]
> Options: (...a whole bunch of explanation...)
> Illegal list name: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Now, "LittleGuy" is just the name of my local host; it's not
> the fully-qualified domain. I don't know why Mailman is
> trying to use it, but I figured that I could force it otherwise:
>
> $ newlist --urlhost=ahualoa.net --emailhost=ahualoa.net
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enter the email of the person running
> the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Initial friends password:
> (....)
> Illegal list name: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> This doesn't make any sense at all. I'm telling Mailman very
> explicitly which domain to create the list on. Why is
> Mailman still trying to use my local hostname?
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