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Subject: Re: Help wiht digest
From: Daniel Liston <dliston @ netscape . com>
Organization: iPlanet eCommerce Solutions, A Sun|Netscape Alliance
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 23:57:15 -0500
To: Ed Kasky <ed @ wrenkasky . com>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010826114341.00b74230@mail.esson.net>

Yep, it is staring you in the face.  Look at the permissions on your
/, /usr, /usr/local, /usr/local/mail, /usr/local/mail/digest, 
/usr/local/mail/archive, and /usr/local/mail/digest/test-digest
directories.  It looks like all of them are group writable to me.
Hint: chmod -R go-w /usr/local/mail

Dan Liston

Ed Kasky wrote:
> 
> I am trying to set up a digest for a  list and am running into a
> permissions problem again - surprise, surprise ;-)
> 
> I read the doc "Quick Digest Setup" and the section on digests in the
> O'Reilly book Managing Mailing Lists and thought I had all my ducks in a
> row on this one.  Here's the error:
> 
> 550 "/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l test-digest
> test-digest-list"...
> Can't create output: Permission denied
> 
> Here are the aliases:
> test:          "|/usr/local/majordomo/demime '==
> /usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -l
> test test-list,nobody'"
> test-list:     :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test,test-digestify
> test-digestify: "/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l test-digest
> test-digest-list"
> test-digest-list: :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/test-digest
> 
>  From majordomo.cf:
> $digest_work_dir = "/usr/local/mail/digest";
> 
> $filedir = "/usr/local/majordomo/archives";
> $filedir_suffix = "";
> 
> Permissions:
> 
> # ls -al /usr/local/mail
> drwxrwxr-x   4 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 11:26 .
> drwxr-xr-x  21 root     root         1024 Aug 26 11:26 ..
> drwxrwxr-x   2 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 11:26 archive
> drwxrwxr-x   3 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 11:32 digest
> 
> # ls -al /usr/local/mail/digest
> drwxrwxr-x   3 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 11:32 .
> drwxrwxr-x   4 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 11:26 ..
> drwxrwxr-x   2 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 11:32 test-digest
> 
> #ls -al /usr/local/majordomo/archives
> drwxrwxr-x   5 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 10:37 .
> drwxr-xr-x  19 majordom majordom     2048 Jul 27 16:46 ..
> drwxrwxr-x   2 majordom majordom     1024 Aug 26 10:37 test-digest
> 
> Any ideas on what I might have missed?  It's probably staring me right in
> the face and I just can't see it.  Thanks in advance if you can spot
> anything...
> 
> ~~~~
> Ed Kasky
> Los Angeles, CA
> . . . . . . . .
> A+ B + C = Success if, A = Hard Work, B = Hard Play,
> C = Keeping your mouth shut.  - Albert Einstein



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