All,
Another amazingly fast list (like sun-managers)! Thanks for all the
replies!
To the person, you all said "there is no master password" or "its in the
list.config file.
And yes, I knew about that password, that one works...
What I got confused is this passage from the Doc/FAQ file...
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3.8 - What are all these different passwords?
Think of three separate passwords:
1. A master password that can be used by both resend and majordomo
contained in [listname].passwd. To be used by the master list manager
when using writeconfig commands etc. This allows someone who handles
a number of mailing lists all using the same password.
2. A password for the manager of this one list. The admin_passwd can be
used by subsidiary majordomo list maintainers.
3. A password for those concerned with the list content (approve_passwd)
This way the administration and moderation functions can be split. The
original reason for maintaining [listname].passwd was to allow a new
config file to be put in if the config file was trashed and the
admin_password was obliterated, and may still be useful to allow a single
password to be used for admin functions by the majordomo admin or some
other "superadmin".
Note that the admin passwd in the config file is not a file name, but the
password itself. This is the only way that the list-maintainer could
change the password since they wouldn't have access to the file.
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So, I read #1, and said "Where's that (&*^*(^ master
password?" . I had #2 (in list.config).
I re-re-read #1 as I was typing this reply, and what I didn't see
(or understand) is that I can CREATE list.passwd (or, list1.passwd with
links to list[2...n].passwd ), put a "master password" in it (just the
password), and use it for all of the lists 1...n, while letting
others have individual list passwords. See, I was waiting for
list.passwd to APPEAR (at some magic moment), and it wasn't....
It is now working....
However, Dave Wolfe (sorry, I accidently deleted his message, so I
can't quote him) says this feature is going away in a near-future
release....
If this is indeed true, is there a way around this? I am in the
situation of being the "superadmin" for several lists, but want others
to do the day-to-day stuff. Or will I need another big post-it on my
monitor?
Thanks again.
James Cayz
Thanks to:
"Blackburn, Tom" <TOMB@aiinet.com>,
"Kendall P. Bullen" <kendall@lists.tax.org>,
Info-LabVIEW List Maintainer <info-labview-request@pica.army.mil>,
Roman Richardson <Roman.Richardson@state.mn.us>,
Scott Sutherland <sut92199@ncs.com>,
Peter Baker <baker@nwcs.net>,
Dave Wolfe <david_wolfe@risc.sps.mot.com>
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