/etc/aliases is the location of my aliases file and that's where postfix is pointing. I cannot change the owner to the aliases and aliases.db or else I can't run newaliases.
I ran ./configure --with-mail-god=nobody and I have default_privs = nobody Any other suggestions? Jewel ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:32 pm Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Command output: local: fatal: execvp/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman: Permission denied ) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >When I create a new list and put my email address, I do receive a > >confirmation. I can deliver mail as root also from my server. > Once I > >try and post to the list is when nothing happens, just a bounce back > >saying the "Connection is refused." The only clue I can see if the > >following in my maillog: > > > >Command output: local: fatal: execvp /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman: > >Permission denied > > > >I read the above error means postfix does not have permissions to > access>the mailman wrappers. > > > >Before I post this question to a postfix listserv, I wanted to > confirm>my permissions were correct. Here is what I have for > >/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman: > > > >-rwxrwsr-x 1 mailman mailman 16887 Oct 15 09:10 mailman > > > >My aliases.db file is owned by root. > > > I think this is the problem. If you have Mailman/Postfix integration, > so that Mailman's aliases are in Mailman's data/aliases and > data/aliases.db files, aliases.db needs to be owned by mailman, not > root. > > > >I am running... > >Red Hat 5.1 > >Postfix 2.3.3 > >Mailman 2.1.11 > > > >Also, when I run check_perms - f as root it says "no problems found" > > > That's a flaw in check_perms. It only checks group on files and > directories, not owner, because owner doesn't matter except for this > one file. > > Also, see the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/tYA9> in case you run > intoa group mismatch after fixing the owner. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] 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
