Re: [Mailman-Users] problems with the config.db permissions

2001-05-09 Thread Dan Mick
> > check_perms should be finding all this; you need to find out what's going > > wrong with check_perms. > > I tested with changing permissions/ownerships around on a few things > to see what check_perms would and would not catch, and found an > something interesting: Check_perms wants to set

Re: [Mailman-Users] problems with the config.db permissions

2001-05-09 Thread Tib
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Dan Mick wrote: > Doublecheck your version of check_perms; the code is there, and it > works, in 2.0.5. Are you running check_perms from the installed > bin/ directory as the instructions and about a billion posts on this > list say? Yes. I did. > check_perms should be find

Re: [Mailman-Users] problems with the config.db permissions

2001-05-09 Thread Pug Bainter
Tib ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something that sounded like: > [root@unica mailman]# ls -lR lists/|grep config.db Are the directories set-gid? This will help in some cases where things are not ran through a set-gid program. Make sure that they are set to be 2775 (drwxrwsr-x). Ciao, -- Pug Bainte

Re: [Mailman-Users] problems with the config.db permissions

2001-05-09 Thread Dan Mick
> Check_perms fails to find it, and it's turning into a major problem. Doublecheck your version of check_perms; the code is there, and it works, in 2.0.5. Are you running check_perms from the installed bin/ directory as the instructions and about a billion posts on this list say? > What (exac

[Mailman-Users] problems with the config.db permissions

2001-05-09 Thread Tib
Check_perms fails to find it, and it's turning into a major problem. What (exactly) writes and rewrites the config.db file and what are the actual permissions it's supposed to have? From ealier reference it sounded as though it should be owned by nobody (since the webserver modifies/creates/backs