Bug#396537: [Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#396537: mailman:
README.Exim4.Debian needs to mention groups
Thijs Kinkhorst
thijs at debian.org
Mon Nov 27 14:53:45 CET 2006
Hi,
> After followign the instructions, I got a traceback when creating a
> list via the web interface which came down to
>
> admin(510): RuntimeError: command failed: chgrp Debian-exim
> /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman (status: 1, Operation not
> permitted)admin
>
> The problem was the webserver user, www-data, doesn't have permissions
> to do that chgrp.
Thanks for reporting. I'm not a mailman user myself, so I'm not sure
whether your proposed solution
> +Debian-exim:x:105:www-data
has security implications. I will check that out. I've already added a
note to README.Exim4.Debian describing this potential problem but not
yet this specific solution.
Thijs
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