We are currently in the process of moving our mailing lists to a new virtual server. The new server is using Webmin/Virtualmin 'control panel'.
When installed, Mailman appears in the control panel and we can set up our lists without a problem. However, we have, twice had Mailman suddenly stop working. If we issue a shell command to mailmanctl to STOP using /var/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl stop we get the following warning that the PID in unreadable. Shutting down Mailman's master qrunner PID unreadable in: /var/run/mailman/mailman.pid [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/run/mailman/mailman.pid' Is qrunner even running? Attempting to restart the qrunner using: /var/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s start Produces a series of warning messages and the qrunner does not restart. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 554, in ? main() File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 389, in main lock = acquire_lock(force) File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 213, in acquire_lock lock = acquire_lock_1(force) File "/var/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 198, in acquire_lock_1 lock.lock(0.1) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock self.__write() File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mailman/locks/master-qrunner.airedale.9290.1' Our only solution, so far, has been to remove and reinstall Mailman. This is OK whilst we are setting everything up but will not be adequate once we 'go live'. Can anyone offer a solution? It isn't clear what is triggering this occurrence... :-( Any insight and advice gratefully received. Andrew ------------------------------------------------------ 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