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Subject: Re: People can't get OFF my l*sts
From: mjn <mjn @ umn . edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:06:37 -0600 (CST)
To: Robin Sanders <sanders @ math . buffalostate . edu>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <200102232007.PAA14156@math.buffalostate.edu>

As of Feb 23, 2001, Robin Sanders can be held liable for saying:

> First, thanks to the helpful souls who let me know how to
> post this.
> 
> I'm using majordomo 1.94.5 on a RedHat 6.2 system to manage a 
> small number of departmental lists.  My students and faculty 
> members can s_bscribe and post to the lists without any 
> problem. 
> 
> But everytime someone attempts to "uns_bscribe" to a list, I
> get the following error message bounced back to my account
> (as the majordomo caretaker):
> 
> >
> > MAJORDOMO ABORT (mj_majordomo)!!
> >
> > chown(851, 12, "/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists/mat164.new"): Operation not permitted
> >
> 
> Any ideas on what this means?  This happens even when there is no
> *.new or L.* file in my lists directory.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix the problem?  
> 
> By the way, majordomo has UID 851 and the group "mail" has GID 12.
> 

Robin-

Is /usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists owned by the majordomo user?

Looks to me like majordomo does not have create/write permissions in your
lists directory...

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