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Subject: Re: Returned mail: tux-announce-list... aliasing/forwarding loopbroken (fwd)
From: Vincent Danen <vdanen @ softhome . net>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:51:21 -0600 (MDT)
To: Ben Smithurst <ben @ scientia . demon . co . uk>
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <19990929122034.A7892@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk>

On Wed, 29 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 ?

Got it working now.... thanx for the help... /usr/local was world writable
so once that got fixed and I deleted the old files for the list and
re-made them now it works fine after a few wierd bounce messages, but I
can write to the list now!  Thanx for your help!

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