Guide for installing Mailman with DirectAdmin

Peter just run this:

/usr/local/mailman/bin/fix_perms -f
 
If you won't be able to solve the problem- feel free to contact me, I'll take a look at it for free, but fix_perms script from /usr/local/mailman/bin should solve it.
 
when the ./configure --with-guid- blah is given
--snip--
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes
checking for --with-var-prefix... no
checking for --with-permcheck... yes
checking for --with-username... mailman
checking for user name "mailman"... okay
checking for --with-groupname... mailman
checking for group name "mailman"... okay
checking permissions on /usr/local/mailman... configure: error:
***** Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not configured properly!
***** Permissions should be at least 02775: /usr/local/mailman
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chmod -R 02775 /usr/local/mailman
chown -R mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman
 
The example one was for Redhat, which spouts errors, am looking for one for Debian

i.e:
# /etc/init.d/mailman start
/etc/init.d/mailman: line 70: /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: No such file or directory
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The one I gave you said it was for debian....

Check your install folder:

doc/mailman-install.txt

Maybe try:

cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman

when in the install dir.
 
One last thing.....
After editing the httpd.conf (and restarting apache) as per tlchost's post, I get a 403 forbidden page :confused:

Edit:
I'm getting somewhere.......slowly

Now I get a 500 Error Page when going to:

http :// mailman . xxxxx .co.uk/mailman/admin/mailman

Ideas?

Permissions are all ok now, but suexec kicks up a fuss (: error: directory is writable by others: (/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin))....... Hmmmmmmm
 
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Still going 500 with the log now saying:
[2008-10-21 12:02:48]: info: (target/actual) uid: (mailman/mailman) gid: (mailman/mailman) cmd: admin
[2008-10-21 12:02:48]: error: target uid/gid (1007/116) mismatch with directory (0/116) or program (0/116)
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I even did ./check_perms -f at first, but still kicks up a fuss lol

I can't win :rolleyes:


Note: the user:group on all dirs in mailman are root:mailman, is that right or should mailman own them outright?
 
Still have problems.... think I'll give up... am wasting valuable time......

It looked so simple by the step-by-step guide.......
 
Peter Laws said:
Done it:

So..... my question is, why is chk_perms -f setting everything to root:mailman :mad: :mad:
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It might be better if you let smtalk look at your system....he was of great assistance to me when I set mailman up on mine.

Thom
 
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