Bug#359134: [Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#359134: cgi script create fails to update aliases* and virtual-mailman* files

[Manlio Perillo]

Lionel Elie Mamane ha scritto:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 06:21:42AM +0200, Manlio Perillo wrote:
> 
>> When creating a new mailing list with the web interface, create cgi
>> script fails to modify the files aliases* and virtual-mailman*.
> 
> You are running with
>  MTA = 'Postfix'
> in /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.p ?
> 

Yes.

>> A working solution is to do:
>> chmod 0660 /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db
>> chmod 0660 /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db
> 
> What is this good for? These files get recreated every time by
> "/usr/sbin/postmap" and "/usr/sbin/postalias", don't they?
> 

I think they are only overwritten.
Once the right file access permission is set, it is kept.

The problem seems to be with postalias (bug #359209).


Thanks and regards  Manlio Perillo