this is what i got: bebo:/var/lib# ls -l | grep major drwxr-xr-x 6 majordom majordom 1024 Apr 20 1999 majordomo bebo:/var/lib/majordomo# ls -l total 4 drwxrwsr-x 2 majordom majordom 1024 Mar 29 1998 archives drwxrwsr-x 2 majordom majordom 1024 Mar 29 1998 digests drwxr-xr-x 2 mail mail 1024 Jan 25 23:21 lists drwxrwsr-x 2 majordom majordom 1024 Mar 29 1998 tmp
i had to chown the lists dir because i chown'd the wrapper script to root.mail instead of root.root nate On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Art Lemasters wrote: alemas >On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 07:35:32AM -0800, aphro wrote: alemas >> what user/group is uid 30/group 31 ? majordomo usually pukes when trying alemas >> to write to /var/log/majordomo so check permissions on that thats the only alemas >> directory where i have recieved a similar error with (although it was kind alemas >> enough to tell me the exact directory) alemas > alemas > The UID and GID there belong to majordom. Actually, shlock was alemas >complaing either about root directory permissions or majordomo $HOME alemas >(/var/lib/majordomo) permissions, from the looks of the error message alemas >received. Should any permissions in the /var/lib/majordomo directory alemas >be set to majordomo:majordomo, as they are supposed to be in the alemas >/var/lib/majordomo/lists directory? alemas > alemas >> alemas >> while your at it check the permissions of the wrapper script, if your alemas >> concerned with security make sure it is chmod o-x, then adjust permissions alemas >> accordingly so majordomo will work.(slight majordomo security issue, which alemas >> by the maintainers is infact intentional so not likly it will get "fixed") alemas > alemas > Ok, I'll try that. Is the wrapper script majordomo.pl, and should that alemas >be set to majordomo:majordomo or remain as root:root? Thanks for the reply, alemas >Nate. alemas > alemas > _Art alemas >> alemas >> alemas > Potato is running here. After trying to subscribe a new alemas >> alemas >user to a list, majordomo told me alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas >------------------------------------ alemas >> alemas >MAJORDOMO ABORT (mj_majordomo)!! alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas >shlock: '.' is not writable by UID 30 GID 31 alemas >> alemas >-------------------------------------- alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas >and of course, the user was not subscribed. ...anyone have an answer alemas >> alemas >to this one? The permissions do not seem to be syncing with the alemas >> alemas >documentation for majordomo here. alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas >Art alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas >-- alemas >> alemas >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null alemas >> alemas > alemas >> alemas >> ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- alemas >> Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ alemas >> Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ alemas >> Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ alemas >> Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ alemas >> Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ alemas >> -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- alemas >> 7:27am up 159 days, 19:34, 1 user, load average: 1.19, 1.14, 1.10 alemas > alemas > alemas >-- alemas >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null alemas > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 6:05pm up 160 days, 6:12, 1 user, load average: 1.08, 1.06, 1.01
