On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 06:31, Tom Browder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 13:08, Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tom Browder wrote: > ... >>>However, I, as a list user, cannot get access to the archives for a >>>list. When I try to look at the archives through the link on the >>>Welcome message I get the following: >>> >>> Forbidden >>> >>> You don't have permission to access /pipermail/grads/ on this server. >>> >>>I tried changing the example line in the mailman.conf file from: >>> >>> Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/ > ... >>>I have searched this list for "pipermail" but see no similar problem. >>> >>>I'm sure I've missed a note somewhere but I'm not sure how to proceed. >>> The mailman docs talk about permissions and the mailman user but >>>Ubuntu installs all mailman files with root:list ownership which seems >>>to work for all else. All the directories under /var/lib/mailman have >>>these permissions: >>> >>> drwxrwsr-x 4 root list >> >> If that includes /var/lib/mailman/archives/private, then that's OK. >> Otherwise note that /var/lib/mailman/archives/private must be o+x or >> must have user:group xxx:list where xxx is the user that the web >> server uses to access files. > > Aha, I missed the fine details of one important directory: the > archives/private directory did not have these permissions: > > drwxrwsr-x 4 root list > > Instead it had these: > > drwxrws--- 4 root list > > As root I excuted > > chmod o+xr private > > and now all works as advertised! > > Thanks a heap, Mark. I shall file a bug with Ubuntu.
This is already listed in Ubuntu bugs as number #543148. I added a comment about my situation. Best regards, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
