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Package: mailman
Version: 2.1.9-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
After followign the instructions, I got a traceback when creating a
list via the web interface which came down to
admin(510): RuntimeError: command failed: chgrp Debian-exim
/var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman (status: 1, Operation not
permitted)admin
The problem was the webserver user, www-data, doesn't have permissions
to do that chgrp.
I'd like to suggest something like the following. I'm not sure if it
has secuirty impliciations; I'd like suggestions for any other
work-arounds.
Thanks!
-i
--- README.Exim4.Debian.old 2006-11-01 22:35:33.000000000 +1100
+++ README.Exim4.Debian 2006-11-01 22:42:44.000000000 +1100
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
and list all your Mailman domains in "POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS".
+When a new group is created, the correct aliases will be written into
+the file /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman. The above chgrp
+command is run as the webserver (usually www-data), however
+Debian-exim needs to be able to access this file. To allow the
+www-data to do the chgrp command, add the www-data to the Debian-exim
+group; e.g. in /etc/group should have a line similar to
+
+Debian-exim:x:105:www-data
+
Put this in your exim4 main configuration (if you use a split config,
for example /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/04_local_mailman_macros)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18
Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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--- Begin Message ---
This was actually fixed back in 2006, with the following text:
Please note that the chgrp command above will not work when creating a
list in the web interface: the user www-data will not be allowed to do
this. You can circumvent this problem by creating new lists with the
'newlist' command line command or using instead:
POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = 'chmod o+r'
This will allow local users (with shell access to the list server) to
see the list of all Mailman mailing lists, but not much more.
Which has far less security implications than adding www-data to group
Debian-exim.
--
Lionel
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