hi kit..
you need to chmod 755 or chmod 750 .... on your majordomo directory
and chmod 640 on your majordomo files
> > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > :include:/usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family
> > (expanded from: family-list)
> >
> > ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > 550 5.2.4 :include:/usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family... Cannot open
> > /usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family: Group writable directory
> >
chmod 755 /usr/lib/majordomo
chmod 755 /usr/lib/majordomo/lists
chmod 640 /usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family
-- and similarly fix the Owner and Group IDs
chown majordomo.mj for each of the above
-- leave /usr and /usr/local alone... or you'd find more whacky problems
c ya
alvin
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Majordomo
> Alex Wong Ze Hung wrote:
>
> Kit,
>
> I had the same problem .. hope the following helps ..
>
>
> > Just wondering if anyone can help me with my problem here. Basically
> > none of my mail list work. I do get a response from majordomo when i
> > request for the list or the help. But when I try sending an e-mail to
> > a list, the following message is the message I get.
> >
> > > ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > > 550 5.2.4 :include:/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists/academic ...
> > > Cannot open /usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists/academic: Group writable
> directory
> > > Message delivered to mailing list <academic@ece.curtin.edu.au>
> >
>
> This particular error has been covered with excruciating frequency and
> should be available if you search for it in the archives.
> http://www.hpc.uh.edu/majordomo-users/
>
> Fixing it is simple: Check each of the directories in the path indicated
> and make sure none of them are group writable. That would be:
>
> /usr
> /usr/local
> /usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5
> /usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists
>
> They should all be chmod 755 (drwxr-xr-x).
>
>
> There is another workaround which disables the security feature in
> Sendmail, this is an issue with Sendmail and not Majordomo, but that fix
> is not recommended.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> ____________________________
> Mike Neuharth
> ADCS Technology Specialist
> http://www.umn.edu/adcs
>
> E-Mail : mjn@umn.edu
> Page Mail : 6126486512@page.metrocall.com
> http://supermonkeycollider.dyndns.org/
> ____________________________
>
> Kit wrote:
>
> > I need help...I have sendmail 8.9.11 running on a
> > linux-mandrake 8.0 system ...and installed the source for
> > majordomo 1.94.5 .
> >
> > it appears to function i.e. I get help messages etc. sent back
> > when i do tests for a list called family...but I get back the following,
> > below:
> >
> > WHY, and HOW do I fix it?
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details
> > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:23 -0400
> > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@kompukit.dyndns.org>
> > To: owner-family@kompukit.dyndns.org
> >
> > The original message was received at Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:22 -0400
> > from majordomo@localhost
> >
> > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > :include:/usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family
> > (expanded from: family-list)
> >
> > ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > 550 5.2.4 :include:/usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family... Cannot open
> > /usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family: Group writable directory
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Reporting-MTA: dns; kompukit.dyndns.org
> > Arrival-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:22 -0400
> >
> > Final-Recipient: RFC822; family-list@kompukit.dyndns.org
> > X-Actual-Recipient: rfc822; /usr/lib/majordomo/lists/family@kompukit.dyndns.org
> > Action: failed
> > Status: 5.2.4
> > Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:23 -0400
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Return-Path: <owner-family@kompukit.dyndns.org>
> > Received: (from majordomo@localhost)
> > by kompukit.dyndns.org (8.11.3/linuxconf) id f5ALXMR02831
> > for family-list; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:22 -0400
> > Received: from mail.naisp.net (mail.naisp.net [216.129.152.3])
> > by kompukit.dyndns.org (8.11.3/linuxconf) with ESMTP id f5ALXBu02828
> > for <family@kompukit.dyndns.org>; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:18 -0400
> > Received: from naisp.net (5812-001-229.024.popsite.net [66.19.1.229])
> > by mail.naisp.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA12903
> > for <family@kompukit.dyndns.org>; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:33:51 -0400
> > Message-ID: <3B23E789.A72176D@naisp.net>
> > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:32:57 -0400
> > From: Kit <kompukit@naisp.net>
> > Organization: KompuKit.com
> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-20mdk i586)
> > X-Accept-Language: en
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > To: Family Mailing List <family@kompukit.dyndns.org>
> > Subject: test
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Sender: owner-family@kompukit.dyndns.org
> > Precedence: bulk
> > Reply-To: family@kompukit.dyndns.org
>
> --
> Alex Wong Ze Hung
> Senior Technician
> School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> Curtin University of Technology
> GPO Box U1987
> Perth 6845
> Phone: +61 8 9266 7962
> Fax: +61 8 9266 2584
> Mobile: 0421 079902
>
>
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