Problem 2) is solved! The directory /lists/listname did not have setgid turned on.
Thanks Rob >The directories have to be set with g+s, and your OS has to >respect that (i.e. new files created in such directories >need to inherit the group ownership of the parent dir). >I suspect that those of you having problems are either >missing a g+s bit somewhere or have an OS that doesn't >implement this semantic. > >> I've had this same problem for quite a while on some of my lists. It >> drives me bonkers. >> >> Dave Klingler >> >> > Hi. I've had a long standing problem and now a new second problem >> > with file permissions/group ownership. Maybe connected? >> > >> > 1) Long standing problem - when I create a new list, I have to >> > manually change the group permissions of the files in the >> > /list/listname directory before the list would function. If I don't >> > do this, I get the "we've hit a bug" message in the browser when I >> > try to access the list info. >> > >> > 2) New problem - I've created a new list for the first time in a few >> > months, and set the file permissions just like other lists I have >> > that work fine. After getting everything set up and configured, I >> > try and send messages through. The first message comes through OK, >> > but subsequent submissions are rejected by Postfix because the >> > config.db permissions are wrong. Sure enough, config.db group has >> > been set to root. The web pages aren't accessible anymore either. >> > I've tried this many times over and it is very repeatable. In fact, >> > I've found that if I set ownership correctly, then send 2 or 3 >> > messages to the list quickly they all come through. But if I wait a >> > minute or so, invariably there is an error and the ownership is back >> > at root. >> > >> > What is causing this? >> > >> > Rob >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------ >> > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users