[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#406223: mailman: "create" cgi fails to update aliases file

[Luca Venturini]

Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> tags 406223 +moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:58:16PM +0100, luca wrote:
> 
> 
>>When creating a new list with the web interface, the "create" cgi
>>script fails to modify the file /etc/aliases. Our MTA is sendmail.
> 
> 
> Have you configured mailman (in /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py) to do so
> automatically? Please show us your mm_cfg.py file. Does the user or
> group under which the cgi runs have permission to change /etc/aliases
> and the compiled version of it?
> 

Permissions are ok (666). Here is my /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py. Which 
option should I change in order to update /etc/aliases automatically?

Thanks.

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"""This is the module which takes your site-specific settings.

 From a raw distribution it should be copied to mm_cfg.py.  If you
already have an mm_cfg.py, be careful to add in only the new settings
you want.  The complete set of distributed defaults, with annotation,
are in ./Defaults.  In mm_cfg, override only those you want to
change, after the

   from Defaults import *

line (see below).

Note that these are just default settings - many can be overridden via the
admin and user interfaces on a per-list or per-user basis.

Note also that some of the settings are resolved against the active list
setting by using the value as a format string against the
list-instance-object's dictionary - see the distributed value of
DEFAULT_MSG_FOOTER for an example."""


#######################################################
#    Here's where we get the distributed defaults.    #

from Defaults import *

##############################################################
# Put YOUR site-specific configuration below, in mm_cfg.py . #
# See Defaults.py for explanations of the values.            #

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# The name of the list Mailman uses to send password reminders
# and similar. Don't change if you want mailman-owner to be
# a valid local part.
MAILMAN_SITE_LIST = 'mailman'

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# If you change these, you have to configure your http server
# accordingly (Alias and ScriptAlias directives in most httpds)
DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/mailman'
PRIVATE_ARCHIVE_URL = '/cgi-bin/mailman/private'
IMAGE_LOGOS         = '/images/mailman/'

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Default domain for email addresses of newly created MLs
DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'list.ots-web.com'
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Default host for web interface of newly created MLs
DEFAULT_URL_HOST   = 'list.ots-web.com'
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Required when setting any of its arguments.
add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# The default language for this server.
DEFAULT_SERVER_LANGUAGE = 'it'

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Iirc this was used in pre 2.1, leave it for now
USE_ENVELOPE_SENDER    = 0              # Still used?

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Unset send_reminders on newly created lists
DEFAULT_SEND_REMINDERS = 0

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Uncomment this if you configured your MTA such that it
# automatically recognizes newly created lists.
# (see /usr/share/doc/mailman/README.{EXIM,...})
# MTA=None   # Misnomer, suppresses alias output on newlist

#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Uncomment if you use Postfix virtual domains, but be sure to
# read /usr/share/doc/mailman/README.POSTFIX first.
# MTA='Postfix'

# Note - if you're looking for something that is imported from mm_cfg, 
but you
# didn't find it above, it's probably in 
/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Defaults.py.