Mark Sapiro wrote: > roy vinner wrote: > >>I created a group www -- which included apache, mailman, and myself -- >>and set -cgi-gid=www. >>The apache would not run the mailman/create, as it was complaining that >>it could not run as www (even though apache was included in wwww). So I >>set -cgi-gid=mailman and set user and group in apache to mailman. I >>don't know what was wrong there, but it looks like I am having a similar >>issue here. > > > > The 'mailman' user should be in the 'mailman' group (not in www) and > all mailman files, including particularly the mail/mailman wrapper and > the cgi-bin/* wrappers should be group mailman and setgid. > > Run > > bin/check_perms -f > > as root until it reports no errors.
I does run without any errors. Thanks! >>>See http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node7.html >> >>I remember that web page. I re-ran configure several times by now. Do I >>also need to run make and make install after that to make changes >>persist in /usr/local/mailman? I haven't done that, 'cause I am afraid >>that the changes that I made to various files would be overwritten. >> >>Please, let me know what the reality on this is. I am quite happy to >>have mail-gid=mailman and cgi-gid=apache, if I could make it work that way. > > > > --with-mail-gid= needs to be set to the group that postfix uses to pipe > mail to the mail/mailman wrapper. > > --with-cgi-gid= needs to be set to the group that apache uses to > execute the cgi-bin wrappers. This group is set in the Apache config > with the Group directive, so if the apache config contains > > Group apache > > then Mailman must be configured using --with-cgi-gid=apache > > OTOH, if Mailman is configured using --with-cgi-gid=somethingelse this > can work too if the apache config contains > > Group somethingelse > > The analagous situation is true with postfix and --with-mail-gid except > I can't offhand tell you how to set group in postfix. So, after I've set the -with-cgi-gid=apache and --with-mail-gid=mailman and rerun configure, will I need also to re-run make and make install? That will be a job for tomorrow... Thank you for your support! Best regards, Roy > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp