Hi I installed mailman on localhost using the following instructions on http://systers.org/systers-soc/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation_-_production
But on starting mailman I get an error: Site-list is missing: mailman-admin Can anyone help me here? Thanks Malveeka On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Dave Filchak <sub...@zuka.net> wrote: > Mark Sapiro wrote: > >> Dave Filchak wrote: >> >> >> >>> Mark Sapiro wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Did you actually do the test described in the post at >>>> <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-May/044976.html> >>>> (linked from the FAQ) as the Mailman user? >>>> >>>> >>> Yes. This test was fine. >>> >>> >>>> Did you actually try to send mail as described in the post at >>>> <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-May/044746.html> >>>> (linked from the FAQ) as the Mailman user? >>>> >>>> >>> This worked as well although, as I mention below, I am not logged in a >>> mailman as mailman has no login shell and no password. Do I need to create >>> one for mailman and try it again? >>> >>> >>>> If you did those as the Mailman user and they didn't show any error, >>>> then I can't explain why it fails when OutgoingRunner does the exact >>>> same thing. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Did not do them as the mailman user but as another user (not root). User >>> mailman has no login shell (/sbin/nologin) Should mailman need a login shell >>> and passwd? It never has before and mailman was working. Again, there was a >>> UPS failure at my ISP and the servers lost power abruptly so something might >>> have happened then. But everything else is working, including regular mail. >>> >>> >> >> >> No. Mailman doesn't need a login shell or a password. You should be >> able to do, e.g. >> >> sudo -u mailman /bin/bash >> >> in order to get a command shell running as mailman or >> >> sudo -u mailman python >> >> to get a python interpreter. >> >> It seems there is a permissions issue somewhere that is preventing >> mailman from accessing something. Make sure /etc/hosts and >> /etc/resolve.conf are world readable. If that isn't it, try to narrow >> it down by running the tests as mailman using sudo as above. >> >> >> > OK .. ran both tests as mailman. First one was fine. Second one, while it > shown no errors initially, I only received the email that was sent as a rcpt > (secondary email address). The To: email address did not get delivered. The > smtp-failure logs do not show a specific error for that email transaction > but it still shows a ton of the same errors, i.e.: > > May 29 16:21:04 2009 (6489) Low level smtp error: (-2, 'Name or service not > known'), msgid: <mailman.1.1243617046.6486.some...@domain.net> > May 29 16:21:04 2009 (6489) delivery to some...@domain.org failed with > code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') > > Both /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts are world readable. I am truly > stumped. > > Dave > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/malveeka%40gmail.com > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > ------------------------------------------------------ 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
