could you elaborate on your comment for me... my httpd daemons run as nobody... my sendmail runs as root...
right now my mailman is dead and i'm wondering if it's a permissions problem...although check_perms runs fine, and sendmail to and from the internet works perfectly...just not to any of my lists???? any ideas?? thanks. --- Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, or if what Shaun means is "mailman is > installed, now I just need to move > the lists", copy over lists/ and archives/ and you > should be mostly > there. Run bin/check_perms after, and if the home > dir of mailman has > changed, use bin/move_list to update the list home > path. That should > be about it. > > Jon Carnes wrote: > > > > restore the Mailman home directory from backup. > If your install is > > identical then that will get you most of the way > there. The key things to > > watch out for is the gid that the Mail server runs > as, and the gid that your > > Web-server (or cgi scripts) run as. Next step is > to add the CGI info into > > your webserver's config file so that it knows how > to find mailman's cgi > > scripts. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shaun Erickson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:26 PM > > Subject: [Mailman-Users] List restoration help > needed ASAP > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > My list server died 2 days ago and I'm trying to > get a new one up and > > > running before all the mail queueing up around > the world starts > > > bouncing. > > > > > > I have set up a new system, but it has no lists > at present. It's at the > > > stage where one would start creating the lists. > > > > > > Exactly what do I need to restore to simply have > all my old lists and > > > their archives back? I'm looking to (hopefully) > drop a directory or two > > > into place and have everything all back and > running ... is this > > > possible? > > > > > > Thanks, in advance, for your kind assistance. > > > > > > -ste > > > -- > > > Office: (908) 582-7629 Cell: (908) 672-6456 > Pager: (888) 290-2057 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
