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Subject: Re: Returned mail: tux-announce-list... aliasing/forwarding loop broken (fwd)
From: Ben Smithurst <ben @ scientia . demon . co . uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:20:34 +0100
To: Vincent Danen <vdanen @ softhome . net>
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909282149480.4719-100000@tux.tzo.net>
References: <19990928174421.A4892@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909282149480.4719-100000@tux.tzo.net>

Vincent Danen wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> 
>>> 550 :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/tux-announce... Cannot open /usr/local/majordomo/lists/tux-announce: World writable directory
>> 
>> Did you read the error message, "World writable directory"? Did you make
>> any attempt to fix what it's complaing about. Please do so, and ask
>> again if you still have problems.
> 
> See, that's the problem... I have that as a *file* not a directory...

OK, but none of the directories in that path should be world writable or
group writable, but from what you write later it looks like that's the
case. Have you done chmod go-w / /usr /usr/local /usr/local/majordomo
/usr/local/majordomo/lists ?

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