56250 2004-07-06 09:44 0000 Mailman 2.1.5 create list from webpage fails 2005-07-17 13:06:51 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Server unspecified x86 Linux RESOLVED DUPLICATE P2 normal --- 1 lack@gentoo.org net-mail@gentoo.org matteo-ml@member.fsf.org mholzer@gentoo.org lack@gentoo.org 2004-07-06 09:44:09 0000 Everything (so far) seems to be working with my mailman install, except creating lists from the web interface. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Log into the mailman administrator interface (http://localhost/mailman/admin/) 2. Click on the "create a new mailing list" link 3. Fill in the blanks and hit "accept" Actual Results: Bug in Mailman version 2.1.5 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main process_request(doc, cgidata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 187, in process_request mlist.Create(listname, owner, pw, langs, emailhost) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 457, in Create self.InitVars(name, admin, crypted_password) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 372, in InitVars baseclass.InitVars(self) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/Archiver.py", line 95, in InitVars os.mkdir(self.archive_dir()+'.mbox', 02775) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/test.mbox' Expected Results: The list should have been created properly. I believe it is a permissions issue, as the 'create' script sets its gid to mailman, but not its uid, and the mailman/archives/private directory is drwxr-xr-x and owned by mailman, not the apache user. I have been unable to tell as yet whether the 'create' script should be suid, or if the permissions on the directory should be different, but one or the other must be changed for this to work. mholzer@gentoo.org 2004-07-06 14:06:25 0000 how about su - mailman ./bin/newlist ? mholzer@gentoo.org 2004-07-06 14:32:56 0000 my permissions look good works here mailman@dvb mailman $ ls -la /usr/local/mailman/archives/ total 16 drwxrwsr-x 4 mailman mailman 4096 Jan 9 17:56 . drwxrwsr-x 20 mailman mailman 4096 Jul 6 23:17 .. drwxrws--x 14 mailman mailman 4096 Jul 6 23:29 private drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 4096 Jul 6 23:29 public lack@gentoo.org 2004-07-06 14:35:06 0000 I changed the permissions to that, and everything works fine. I have no idea why mine was busted. Maybe it was just my install somehow and not the ebuild? mholzer@gentoo.org 2004-07-06 15:39:40 0000 let me look at two other boxes in about 12 hours langthang@gentoo.org 2004-07-21 14:10:21 0000 in the pkg_postinst funstion, check_perms runs and hit bug #53533. It never finish to fix the perms. langthang@gentoo.org 2004-07-21 17:40:54 0000 bug #53533 is resolved. ebuild ready for testing. resolve this as duplicate of the other bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 53533 *** matteo-ml@member.fsf.org 2005-05-25 01:24:28 0000 Happens again to me with new mailman-2.1.6_rc4 Before changing them, default permissions on /usr/local/mailman/archives were: drwxr----x 6 mailman mailman 192 25 mag 10:09 private drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 128 25 mag 10:09 public afaik, "checkarchives()" in check_perms should address also that. please reopen.