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Subject: Re: question re: installation
From: Mats Dufberg <Mats . Dufberg @ abc . se>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:43:52 +0100 (MET)
To: "Adam M. Donahue" <adam @ donahueinc . net>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980724201418.7775A-100000@donahueinc.net>


On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Adam M. Donahue wrote:

> Quick question about installing.  I can't get the wrapper config-test
> to pass.  When I run it as a regular user--not root or majordomo, but an
> underprivledged user, as per the instructions--I get the following (a
> snippet of the output including all the errors):
> 
> --------------------------- Home ---------------------------
> Good: changedir to /usr/local/majordomo-1.94.4 succeeded.
> BAD:  Couldn't create a mock lock file.
>       $homedir (/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.4) needs to be writable.


Make sure that wrapper is SUID. Usually it should be owned by root.


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Mats Dufberg                                  Mats.Dufberg@abc.se




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