On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:41 AM, David <d...@fiteyes.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:19 AM, David <d...@fiteyes.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull >> <step...@xemacs.org>wrote: >> >>> David writes: >>> >>> > apparently I missed something. The problem was simply permissions -- >>> the >>> > well-known Ubuntu issue. >>> >>> Not just Ubuntu. I believe pretty much every system that Mailman runs >>> on runs into these issues every once in a while. >>> >>> It's important to run bin/check_perms every time you upgrade, and >>> check the output carefully (IIRC setup.py runs it automatically, so >>> the important part is checking the output). If it's not 100% clean, >>> then run "bin/check_perms -f". Sometimes multiple runs are >>> necessary. >>> >> >> >> > Here is some unexpected behavior: > > root@localhost:/var/lib/mailman# bin/check_perms -f > > /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/list/2012-May/index.html bad group (has: > www-data, expected list) (fixing) > Problems found: 1 > Re-run as list (or root) with -f flag to fix > > Re-running multiple times doesn't fix this. > > Checking permissions shows that it has the correct group (list): >
Ooops. My mistake. There was a symlink involved that I didn't check. Using the -h option on chgrp fixed this issue too. # bin/check_perms -f No problems found All permissions are reported as OK now. The check_perms is a very handy script. Thanks for the suggestion to use it. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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
