On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > But I don't understand at which end this is wrong. Was the cgi-gid set wrong? Or > > > do I need to change the ownership of the aliases files? check-perms renders no > > > errors. Do I need to tell mailman/create.py to run postaliases as user mailman, >and > > > if so, how do I do that? > > > > Does postalias run as www ? Anything created via the web is going to run > > as the cgi-gid, i.e. www > > No, running postalias as user www generates a "Permission denied" error on the >aliases > file. Hence my question: should I change the file ownership, it's permissions or is >there a > way to run postalias under the user mailman?
The permissions on the aliases file in question need to be readable by your MTA and read/write by www, so something like this would work (assuming your MTA is in group mail, for example) -rw-r-r-- www mail aliases Regards, -- |-Simon White, Internet Services Manager, Certified Check Point CCSA. |-MTDS Internet, Security, Anti-Virus, Linux and Hosting Solutions. |-MTDS 14, rue du 16 novembre, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. |-MTDS tel +212.3.767.4861 - fax +212.3.767.4863 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: archive@jab.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
