Chances are that msec is resetting your permissions. Check on some Mandrake lists about it.
On 2004-04-26 at 10:27, Keith Vassallo wrote: > Hi List, > > I've recently managed to install Mailman on my small home server > (managed is used lightly here - I simply installed the RPM from the > Mandrake Control Centre.. hehe). > > Most of it is working well, but I'm having two problems, one of which is > quite bad: > > Permissions. If there's one thing that makes me swear... Whenever I try > to access the mailman administration interface, I get the following error: > > > Traceback: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 68, in run_main > immediate=1) > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Logging/StampedLogger.py", line 52, in > __init__ > Logger.__init__(self, category, nofail, immediate) > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", line 49, in __init__ > self.__get_f() > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Logger.py", line 67, in __get_f > 1) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/codecs.py", line 566, in open > file = __builtin__.open(filename, mode, buffering) > IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/mailman/logs/error' > > > The permissions for /var/lib/mailman/logs/error allow the owner to read > and write, and the group to read only. This is supposed to work, since > owner is set to 'mail' and group is set to 'mail' - both mailman's > stuff. However, it seems as if mailman relies on group being able to > write, so I give group permission to write - and the administration > interface works. But, after a few minutes, the permissions get reset to > what they were.. so the interface doesn't work anymore... > > Can anyone help me solve this dilemma? I'm running Mandrake 10.0 (kernel > 2.6.3), Mailman 2.1.4 using Apache 2.0.48 and Postfix 2.1.0. -- Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Malta Linux User Group
