Marlowe McClasky wrote: > Hello -- > > Recently our web master took off without leaving any passwords behind > (what a mess!). In any case, I am trying to learn mailman, and just > realized that I have no idea what our list administrator password is. > I've tried all kinds of things, none works. How do I find out or > change it? > > Thanks again in advance, > Marlowe Futrell > Assuming you have shell access to the mailman userid, you want to look at the mmsitepass program.
# /usr/local/mailman/bin/mmsitepass --help Set the site password, prompting from the terminal. The site password can be used in most if not all places that the list administrator's password can be used, which in turn can be used in most places that a list users password can be used. Usage: /usr/local/mailman/bin/mmsitepass [options] [password] Options: -c/--listcreator Set the list creator password instead of the site password. The list creator is authorized to create and remove lists, but does not have the total power of the site administrator. -h/--help Print this help message and exit. If password is not given on the command line, it will be prompted for. # -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893 ------------------------------------------------------ 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