Khalil Abbas wrote: > > I have a dedicated server with debian operating system installed.. > >I used the following command line to install mailman: > >apt-get install mailman > >then used: > bin/checkperms > > to check my installation and found 76 errors .. then I ran: > >bin/checkperms -f > >to fix and it fixed most of them but still there are 11 errors nomatter how >much I repeat the command .. I also checked the FAQ about policies and stuff >but it didn't give a satisfying answer, the errors are : > >/var/lib/mailman/logs bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/cron bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/locks bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/scripts bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/mail bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/pythonlib bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/templates bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/cgi-bin bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/Mailman bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/bin bad group (has: root, expected list) >/var/lib/mailman/icons bad group (has: root, expected list)
I don't really know the details of the Debian package, but based on your description, I'm thinking that the above are symlinks to the actual directories and check_perms is seeing the group of the symlink instead of the group of the target. Then when it attempts to change the group, it is the target's group that changes, not that of the symlink. If that is the case, there's no problem because access will be controlled by the permissions of the target, not those of the symlink. I have to wonder however about a package that doesn't install with the correct ownership and mode on all the installed files. Does Debian's documentation tell you to run check_perms, or are you trying to fit our installation manual to a package that it wasn't written for? -- 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
