Mark, I am not sure this would help; I got this error message in /var/log/mailman/error
IOError reading list extension: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman/extend.py' Nov 05 20:16:53 2013 mailmanctl(31641): Site list is missing: mailman Thanks, Charles On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:56 PM, c cc <sub...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark, > > Thanks! > > "And at that point, where was the lists/mailman/config.pck file?" > > I assume it was in /var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck because I did > not move the config file when I moved the old list over. > > "And to where did you move those losts/LISTNAME/config.pck files." > > I move the whole list folder over to /var/lib/mailman list/nameofthelist; > and the config.pck file was in the director. > > "If this were my server, I'd 'sudo yum remove mailman', install Mailman > 2.1.16 from source and move the list's config.pck files, but this could > cause SeLinux issues if you're running that." > > At this point, this is not an option because my manager does not want to > compile from source. > > "I am happy to continue to work with you on this, but I'm shortly going > off line for about 48 hours, so I may not be responsive during that > period." > > Sure! Once again, thanks for your time; I really appreciate it. > > Charles > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > >> On 11/05/2013 05:19 PM, c cc wrote: >> > >> > Let me clarify this: No, I can't open the old list's listinfo page, but >> > I can see the list using list_lists command. >> >> >> OK. >> >> >> > When I did the fresh installation and created the "mailman" list before >> > moving any old lists over, I was able to start mailman using: service >> > mailman start. >> >> >> > And at that point, where was the lists/mailman/config.pck file? >> >> >> > > >> > As soon I moved any old list over to the new server, that command >> > (service mailman start) no longer worked so did the web interface. >> >> >> And to where did you move those losts/LISTNAME/config.pck files. >> >> And what else did you move. My best guess is this process overwrote some >> critical path or symlink. >> >> > Is it possible that the old lists had overwritten something? >> >> >> Not the lists/LISTNAME/config.pck files themselves, but something else >> you did. >> >> >> > "Is is still the case that '/usr/lib/mailman/bin/ >> > mailmanctl start' will >> > successfully start mailman, but 'service mailman start' complains about >> > the missing site list?" >> > >> > Yes >> >> >> Then the service script must be running a different mailmanctl. >> >> If this were my server, I'd 'sudo yum remove mailman', install Mailman >> 2.1.16 from source and move the list's config.pck files, but this could >> cause SeLinux issues if you're running that. >> >> I am happy to continue to work with you on this, but I'm shortly going >> off line for about 48 hours, so I may not be responsive during that >> period. >> >> -- >> Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, >> San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan >> > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://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: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
