Mark,
Thanks again for your help. Since I already have Mailman configured and working in OS X Server I thought it might be worth finding a work around this problem. However, considering your detailed explanation below I will just forget it and try to install a new version. Best regards, Joe On 4/18/11 10:54 AM, "Mark Sapiro" <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > JRC Groups wrote: >> >> Since there is a process in Apple's Server Admin application that keeps >> changing Mailman's mm_cfg.py file I think it is safe to assume it expects to >> find this file there to keep it updated and its removal may likely cause a >> conflict. >> >> Would it be possible to have a copy of this file moved to a different >> location and have Mailman look at the different location for this file while >> leaving the old one behind as a "dummy" file so that Apple's System Admin >> application finds the file it expects to find ? The changes would not impact >> Mailman as the mm_cfg.py it is using for its configuration is the one in the >> new location. >> >> Do you think this would work ? > > > You would have to move the entire Mailman $prefix directory and then > you would have to edit the prefix in all files that reference it > including Defaults.py and all the paths.py files in Mailman's bin/, > cron/ and tests/ directories and the MTA aliases and apache config, > and you would have to set the new location in whatever Apple launchd > processes that start Mailman and run Mailman's 'cron' jobs, and that > would probably tell the Apple processes where the new mm_cfg.py was > anyway. > > It would be much easier to simply install Mailman from source in some > other location, move your lists and archives, update your MTA and > apache configs and tell Apple to quit running Mailman. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> 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 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org