Hello, I'm still trying to fix a problem I've had for a long time (started after an update) where mailman won't start from the standard init script. I think I have finally figured out what the problem is, but wanted to ask...
Is the mailman user supposed to be passwordless? I know I'm running a non vanilla version, but my question is mostly generic I think... Currently, the init script contains: su - mailman -c '/bin/mailmanctl -s start' >/dev/null 2>&1 When I do this from a non-root account: myu...@myhost ~ $ su - mailman -c '/bin/mailmanctl -s start' >/dev/null 2>&1 I see this in the log: myhost su[6114]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname=myuser uid=1001 euid=0 tty=pts/2 ruser=myuser rhost= user=mailman myhost su[6114]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure myhost su[6114]: FAILED su for mailman by myuser myhost su[6114]: - pts/2 myuser:mailman My problem is I don't know how this works/is supposed to work. Is mailmans passwd supposed to be empty/blank? That seems like a bad idea, but if not, how is it supposed to start without giving the password for the mailman account somehow? It starts fine if I start it from the command line as root, so it has to be something to do with the init script and/or permissions (the password for the mailman account)... Thanks for any comments/thoughts... ------------------------------------------------------ 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
