Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms generated error

2015-02-02 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Web Analysts : > OSError: [Errno 40] Too many levels of symbolic links: > '/usr/lib/mailman/archives/private/listname/listname' Sounds like you have circular symlink somewhere around /usr/lib/mailman/archives/private/listname/listname -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitäts

[Mailman-Users] check_perms generated error

2015-02-02 Thread Web Analysts
What does this mean? [root@zarathustra mailman]# bin/check_perms Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/check_perms", line 391, in checkall() File "bin/check_perms", line 204, in checkall os.path.walk(d, checkwalk, STATE) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 23

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms -f not working

2011-08-21 Thread Mark Sapiro
Noah wrote: > >I run check_perms with the -f switch and the program runs the program >claims it found 100 problems and asks to run the program again. Next >time I run it 100 problems are still found. So I did some research to >figure out what the problems are. > >$ sudo ./check_perms -f >/var/

[Mailman-Users] check_perms -f not working

2011-08-21 Thread Noah
hi there, I run check_perms with the -f switch and the program runs the program claims it found 100 problems and asks to run the program again. Next time I run it 100 problems are still found. So I did some research to figure out what the problems are. $ sudo ./check_perms -f /var/lib/mail

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms does not fix permissions

2009-05-25 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 08:04:39AM -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: > >Problems found: 1283 > >Re-run as list (or root) with -f flag to fix > > The most likely explanation is there are directories in Mailman's tree > that are symlinks. check_perms looks at the permissions of the link > itself (generally

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms does not fix permissions

2009-05-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
admin2 wrote: > >okay I am running check_perms with the -f switch and find that the same >Problems occur over and over. Why are they not getting fixed? I am >running check_perms as root. > > >Problems found: 1283 >Re-run as list (or root) with -f flag to fix The most likely explanation is the

[Mailman-Users] check_perms does not fix permissions

2009-05-24 Thread admin2
Hi, okay I am running check_perms with the -f switch and find that the same Problems occur over and over. Why are they not getting fixed? I am running check_perms as root. Problems found: 1283 Re-run as list (or root) with -f flag to fix ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms failing: No such file or directory:'/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/maillist'

2009-05-24 Thread Mark Sapiro
admin2 wrote: > >I am not clear why check_perms are failing. The error claims >'/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/maillist' directory does not exist. >but an 'ls' reveals it does. >r...@enabled:/var/lib/mailman/bin# ls -l >/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/maillist >lrwxrwxrwx 1 80 mailman 44 Dec

[Mailman-Users] check_perms failing: No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/maillist'

2009-05-24 Thread admin2
Hi there, I am not clear why check_perms are failing. The error claims '/var/lib/mailman/archives/public/maillist' directory does not exist. but an 'ls' reveals it does. /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/maillist bad group (has: mailman, expected list) (fixing) Traceback (most recent call

Re: [Mailman-Users] Check_perms reports invalid syntax?

2009-04-06 Thread Mark Sapiro
Bill Christensen wrote: > >I'm setting up a new server with Mailman. > >After installing I tried > bin/check_perms -f >and got: > file "bin/check_perms", line 44 > ''' > ^ >Syntax error: invalid syntax > >I'm running Python 2.5.1. My existing server, running Mailman >2

[Mailman-Users] Check_perms reports invalid syntax?

2009-04-05 Thread Bill Christensen
Hi all, I'm setting up a new server with Mailman. After installing I tried bin/check_perms -f and got: file "bin/check_perms", line 44 ''' ^ Syntax error: invalid syntax I'm running Python 2.5.1. My existing server, running Mailman 2.1.11/Python 2.3, has th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Check_perms issues

2008-12-03 Thread Mark Sapiro
support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What does this all mean? > >Re-run as list (or root) with -f flag to fix >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# check_perms -f >/var/lib/mailman/templates bad group (has: root, expected list) (fixing) >/var/lib/mailman/logs bad group (has: root, expected list) (fixing) >/var/

[Mailman-Users] Check_perms issues

2008-12-03 Thread support
What does this all mean? Re-run as list (or root) with -f flag to fix [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# check_perms -f /var/lib/mailman/templates bad group (has: root, expected list) (fixing) /var/lib/mailman/logs bad group (has: root, expected list) (fixing) /var/lib/mailman/cgi-bin bad group (has: root, e

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms question

2008-01-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
John Fleming wrote: >Running 2.1.9 on Debian etch (stable), lists working fine except qrunner >silently dies and noone notices until someone realizes they haven't seen any >mail lately. Currently worked around with cron job restarting Mailman. >Googling around, some have suggested this might b

[Mailman-Users] check_perms question

2007-12-29 Thread John Fleming
Running 2.1.9 on Debian etch (stable), lists working fine except qrunner silently dies and noone notices until someone realizes they haven't seen any mail lately. Currently worked around with cron job restarting Mailman. Googling around, some have suggested this might be related to permissions

[Mailman-Users] check_perms

2006-09-10 Thread Matt Herzog
faq03.014.htp The FAQ entry says I should run check_perms so I did. Now what? The FAQ offers nothing on which files need their permissions changed or to what mode. ma /usr/pkg/lib/mailman/bin# ./check_perms Traceback (most recent call last): File "./check_perms", line 50, in ? MAILMAN_GID

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms errors

2005-08-10 Thread Tim DeBoer
All fixed now. I was using the BSD port version rather than a source tarball, so I edited the Makefile to use mailman rather than mailnull for the groupid. Thanks everyone for all the help :) -- Tim DeBoer Just once, I'd like it if someone called me "Sir". Without adding "You're creating a scen

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms errors

2005-08-09 Thread John Dennis
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 09:30 -0600, Tim DeBoer wrote: > timlist". Command output: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the > mail wrapper script to be executed as group "mailnull", but the > system's mail server executed the mail script as group "mailman". Try > tweaking the mail server to run t

[Mailman-Users] check_perms errors

2005-08-09 Thread Tim DeBoer
I've managed to get my web interface to mailman working, but... when I run check_perms I see all this. # bin/check_perms Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/check_perms", line 380, in ? checkall() File "bin/check_perms", line 196, in checkall os.path.walk(d, checkwalk, STATE)

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms -f leads to cgi error

2005-05-24 Thread Mark Sapiro
Rob Scott wrote: >I'm fairly certain this problem was caused by my running check_perms -f when >troubleshooting another issue, since resolved, but right after fixing that >when attempting to access the web interface I got a 403 for everything. admin, >listinfo, etc. What was in your web server

[Mailman-Users] check_perms -f leads to cgi error

2005-05-24 Thread Rob Scott
I'm fairly certain this problem was caused by my running check_perms -f when troubleshooting another issue, since resolved, but right after fixing that when attempting to access the web interface I got a 403 for everything. admin, listinfo, etc. I went to a backup of the site and copied the perm

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms error?

2004-05-04 Thread nikos
I've install mailman-2.1.1-5.i386.rpm version and it seems to work fine Thank you any way! - Original Message - From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms error? >

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms error?

2004-05-04 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 nikos wrote: > Unfortunatelly there is nothing in RH errata > Any suggestions? Look again? :) https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-020.html - -- ToddOpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp =

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms error?

2004-05-04 Thread nikos
Unfortunatelly there is nothing in RH errata Any suggestions? - Original Message - From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms error? > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms error?

2004-05-04 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 nikos wrote: > I run mailman-2.1-8 in a RH9 Linux with python-2.2.2-26. You should apply the redhat errata to your system. The mailman package shipped with redhat 9 was broken in several annoying ways. - -- ToddOpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xD654075A

[Mailman-Users] check_perms error?

2004-05-03 Thread nikos
Hello list This is my first try in mailman. I run mailman-2.1-8 in a RH9 Linux with python-2.2.2-26. Mailman installed automaticaly from redhat installer. When I run check_perms in /var/mailman/bin/ directory the following message shows. Is that problem and how can I solve it before continuing T

[Mailman-Users] check_perms -f error

2004-04-01 Thread David Kiner
Hi, I installed Mailman on FreeBSD 4.9 I move the mailman directory to /home/http/admin/mailman When I check the perm from the install dir: sh check_perms -f I have: Check the permissions for the Mailman installation. Usage: %(PROGRAM)s [-f] [-v] [-h] With no arguments, just check and report a

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms problems

2002-02-18 Thread Morgan Fletcher
Joe Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My lists are working just fine, and all of the command line admin > features work. > > When I go to http://server/mailman/admin/listname and enter my site > password, I get an error back saying "Authorization Failed". I have > tried setting the site passwor

[Mailman-Users] Check_perms (Part II)

2002-02-18 Thread Joe Kirby
Sorry! I forgot to show the problem with check_perms. When I try to run ./check_perms : Traceback (innermost last): File "./check_perms", line 50, in ? MAILMAN_GRPNAME = grp.getgrgid(MAILMAN_GID)[0] TypeError: illegal argument type for built-in operation -- This email is protected by a

[Mailman-Users] check_perms problems

2002-02-18 Thread Joe Kirby
My lists are working just fine, and all of the command line admin features work. When I go to http://server/mailman/admin/listname and enter my site password, I get an error back saying "Authorization Failed". I have tried setting the site password using mmsitepass. Everything worked fine last mo

[Mailman-Users] check_perms problems ...

2001-12-18 Thread Morris Jones
Hi ... I'm having a good time setting up a replacement box for my mail and web server, switching to postfix for MTA, and moving a lists over from my old mailman server (2.0.6 to 2.0.8). A couple of issues I've noticed: 1. I was surprised that the --with-mail-gid needed to be "mailman" and not

Re: [Mailman-Users] check_perms after RPM installation

2001-10-11 Thread Dan Mick
What directory are you in when you run bin/check_perms? > Hello. I installed Mailman on a RH7.1 box with the RPM from Rawhide > (Mailman version 2.0.6). When I run check_perms, I'm getting the following > error: > Traceback (innermost last): >File "bin/check_perms", line 50, in ? > MA

[Mailman-Users] check_perms after RPM installation

2001-10-05 Thread Adam Gintis
Hello. I installed Mailman on a RH7.1 box with the RPM from Rawhide (Mailman version 2.0.6). When I run check_perms, I'm getting the following error: Traceback (innermost last): File "bin/check_perms", line 50, in ? MAILMAN_GRPNAME = grp.getgrgid(MAILMAN_GID)[0] TypeError: illegal argume

[Mailman-Users] check_perms after RPM installation

2001-10-05 Thread Adam Gintis
Hello. I installed Mailman on a RH7.1 box with the RPM from Rawhide (Mailman version 2.0.6). When I run check_perms, I'm getting the following error: Traceback (innermost last): File "bin/check_perms", line 50, in ? MAILMAN_GRPNAME = grp.getgrgid(MAILMAN_GID)[0] TypeError: illegal argume