Actually, the line was already correct, but looked wrong
because of email line wrapping. The following line was
actually the end of the first line.
If this line wraps, look for everything between * to signify
the beginning and end of a single line.
*test: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper resend -l test test-list"*
Dan Liston
System Administrator wrote:
>
> > test-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper majordomo -l test"
>
> Change this to test-request: "/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper
> majordomo -l test-list
>
> I believe that is the problem but could be wrong..
>
> Cheers
>
> --JT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Balaji A" <BalajiA@PLANETASIA.COM>
> To: "'Daniel Liston'" <dliston@netscape.com>
> Cc: <majordomo-users@GreatCircle.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:16 AM
> Subject: Majordomo Reply problems
>
> > Hi,
> > After installation when i send a mail to majordomo..
> > "config test test.admin" ..it is creating a config file in my lists
> > directory..but it is not sendin the config file back..i mean there is no
> > reply from Majordomo..iam unable to know why this is happening..There is
> no
> > reply from majordomo what might be the problem..
> > please help me..
> >
> > My alias file is as below..
> >
> > majordomo: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper majordomo"
> > owner-majordomo:balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> > majordomo-owner:balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> >
> > test: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper resend -l test test-list"
> > test-list: :include:/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists/test
> > owner-test: balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> > test-owner: balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> > test-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper majordomo -l test"
> > test-approval: balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> >
> > The machine iam using is solaris 2.7 and sunOS 5.6...
> > perl-5.6.1..
> > thanks balaji
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Daniel Liston
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:33 AM
> > > To: Diana Mateja
> > > Cc: Majordomo-Users@GreatCircle.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Install problem with majordomo.aliases
> > >
> > > What are the ownership and permissions on the link you created?
> > > Are you running on a hosted service? Have you tried the RPM install?
> > > You could save yourself lots of these problems by using the RPM if
> > > you own the machine you are installed on.
> > >
> > > Dan Liston
> > >
> > > Diana Mateja wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am having a problem installing majordomo. Here is my system info:
> > > > Majordomo Version: 1.94.5
> > > > Perl version 5.00503
> > > > OS: Linux2.2.18
> > > > Mailer: Sendmail8.8.7
> > > >
> > > > I made it to the last step where I issued the 'lists' command -
> > > > 10. Test the configuration again by creating an empty file 'test' in
> > > > $listdir, and issue a 'lists' command to Majordomo:
> > > > % touch /path/to/majordomo/lists/test
> > > > % echo 'lists' | mail majordomo
> > > >
> > > > I get the following error -
> > > > [root@sesgweb lists]# hash map "Alias1": unsafe map file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases.db: Group writable
> directory
> > > >
> > > > So I looked through the archives and found that many have problems at
> > > > this step and I found one that was similar to mine but the response
> for
> > > > that one did not work for me.
> > > >
> > > > Someone else reported the error -
> > > > Issuing an echo lists | mail majordomo on my fBSD 3.3 system
> > > > with sendmail returns this error:
> > > >
> > > > % Cannot open hash database /opt/majordomo.aliases.db:
> > > > Inappropriate file type or format
> > > > --------------------
> > > > The response he got was -
> > > >
> > > > Most likely, your separate aliases file for majordomo is
> > > > not located in a sendmail safe directory or owned by root.
> > > > Try creating a link from /opt/majordomo.aliases to /etc/mail
> > > > and in your sendmail.cf use that link as an additional
> > > > aliases file.
> > > >
> > > > As root do;
> > > > `ln -s /opt/majordomo.aliases /etc/mail` (I used my own pathname.)
> > > > In sendmail.cf
> > > > # location of alias file
> > > > O AliasFile=/etc/aliases, /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases
> > > >
> > > > Restart sendmail
> > > > Maybe `newaliases` or `sendmail -bi`
> > > > ---------------
> > > > This worked for him but when I restart sendmail. This is what I get:
> > > > [root@sesgweb mail]# newaliases
> > > > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm
> > > > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm/src
> > > > hash map "Alias2": unsafe map file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases.db: Group writable
> directory
> > > >
> > > > WARNING: cannot open alias database
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases
> > > > Cannot create database for alias file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases
> > > > /etc/aliases: 15 aliases, longest 49 bytes, 226 bytes total
> > > > /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases: 19 aliases, longest 121 bytes, 1131 bytes
> > > > total
> > > >
> > > > I am not a sys admin so I don't understand these errors.
> > > > Can someone help?
> > > > Diana
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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