I had to copy a list from a dying harddrive to a new installation. The files were copied keeping all original permissions. Both systems used mailman on RedHat 7.3 with the latest update. check_perms and check_db report everything is fine. New lists created on the new machine work fine. The list from the former machine gets web errors (Mailman bug) after the logos on all admin screens, and the logs indicate the following
Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 (12044) Delivery exception: Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 (12044) Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/HandlerAPI.py", line 82, in do_pipeline func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 77, in process mlist.Lock() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1341, in Lock self.__lock.lock(timeout) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 266, in lock raise AlreadyLockedError AlreadyLockedError: Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): Traceback (innermost last): Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): File "/var/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 283, in ? Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): kids = main(lock) Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): File "/var/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 264, in main Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): mlist.Save() Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 861, in Save Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): self.CheckHTMLArchiveDir() Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/Archiver.py", line 256, in CheckHTMLArchiveDir Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): makelink(privdir, pubdir) Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/Archiver.py", line 42, in makelink Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): os.symlink(old, new) Oct 27 21:08:31 2002 qrunner(12044): OSError : [Errno 2] No such file or directory Any ideas on how to repair this would be appreciated. Gary M. Suddreth Coordinator/Instructor Computer Engineering Tech./Computer Science Western Piedmont Community College [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/