You said: > Assuming mailman's home directory is NOT /usr/local/mailman and > assuming that prefix, and var_prefix are /usr/local/mailman, mailman's > home directory is irrelevant.
But mailman's home directory (where all its programs, scripts, archives and discussion lists are stored) IS /usr/local/mailman and according to my Mailman/Defaults.py, both var_prefix and prefix are also /user/local/mailman PREFIX = '/usr/local/mailman' VAR_PREFIX = '/usr/local/mailman' How does that change things? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mailman-users@python.org Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running? TGPlatt, WebMaster wrote: > >Now can we talk about the proper ownership of all the mailman files both IN >/usr/local/mailman directory structure and in the UserAccount/mailman >directory as well? Shouldn't all (or most of) these files be owned by >mailman / mailman? Is that also true in the /archives/private/mylist >directory? What about over in the /home/mylist/www directory? Who should own >the mailman directory there? > >I have run bin/check_perms several times but it doesn't complain about any >problems. check_perms should complain about ownership and permission problems. Assuming mailman's home directory is NOT /usr/local/mailman and assuming that prefix, and var_prefix are /usr/local/mailman, mailman's home directory is irrelevant. In general everything from /usr/local/mailman on down should be group mailman (owner doesn't matter) and directories need to be g+rws and files g+rw. See the post at <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2008-October/063748.html>. -- 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9