Package: mlmmj Version: 1.2.17-1 Severity: normal
As written, the information in README.Debian doesn't allow one to set up a working mailing list with Postfix, because when a message is received, postfix runs the delivery command, as given in /etc/aliases, as user "nobody", but by default the mailing list (assuming it was created by root) is owned by root. The simplest fix (which I found confirmed here: http://eclug.homelinux.org/content/view/265/59/ ) is to chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/spool/mlmmj/list, but this doesn't seem very sensible ("nobody" shouldn't really own files); however, using "nobody" to run command in /etc/aliases is the default setting for postfix, and it's sensible. mlmmj's own README.postfix suggests using a different setup method to get around this problem, namely, using an mlmmj user and a transport map. Would it not be better to suggest this method in README.Debian? It's a little more complex, but a lot more secure than suddenly giving the "nobody" user access to a mailing list. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers lucid-updates APT policy: (500, 'lucid-updates'), (500, 'lucid-security'), (500, 'lucid-backports'), (500, 'lucid') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mlmmj depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28ubuntu4 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii postfix [mail-transpor 2.7.0-1 High-performance mail transport ag mlmmj recommends no packages. Versions of packages mlmmj suggests: pn mlmmj-php-web <none> (no description available) pn mlmmj-php-web-admin <none> (no description available) -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
