Todd Zullinger ha scritto: > Manlio Perillo wrote: >>> I hit the problem described in the FAQ 6.9. >>> >>> However I don't want to >>> chmod 0666 data/aliases* > > Yuck. Nor would I. That shouldn't even be in the FAQ, AFAIAC. >
A mistake? >>> A better solution, IMHO, is: >>> chmod 0660 data/aliases.db >>> chmod 0660 data/virtual-mailman.db >>> adduser www-data list > > Really, since you're using a Debian package, the proper permissions > and groups should be setup by the package. If there isn't already a > Debian bug filed for this, it seems like there ought to be. If I were > a Debian user, I'd file it. > Yes, I will do it. I just forget to ask if this could be a debian package bug. Maybe there is a better solution. > [...] > I'm not picking on Debian or implying that they're wrong to change > things to fit better within their system, just noting that the problem > is something that should be fixed in the Debian packaging. The same > is true for any other vendor that packages Mailman. > Yes. But I'm sure I'm not the only one to use Mailman on a Debian! Nobody hits this problem? All of them use newlist to create a new mailing list? > All that said, I *think* that you ought to be able to use the general > solution in the FAQ, but instead of using chown mailman:mailman, use > chown root:list (or whatever user and group Debian installs mailman > under. No. This is already the default setting. Owner: root Group: list Also, aliases and virtual-mailman have the "right" permission. The only problem, as I can see, is that the hash files are not group writeable. > There shouldn't be a need to chmod anything to 0666. That's > an accident waiting to happen. > But if the files are not group writeable, how can the CGI script modify them? Regards Manlio Perillo ------------------------------------------------------ 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
