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Subject: Re: Majordomo problems on Redhat 7.1
From: Gilbert Sebenste <sebenste @ weather . admin . niu . edu>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:47:02 -0500 (CDT)
To: Daniel Liston <dliston @ netscape . com>
Cc: <majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: <3BCE0D9D.D3B6FBB4@netscape.com>

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Daniel Liston wrote:

> 
> I have been using this combination since RH 7.1 was released
> (with sendmail 8.11.2)
> I hope you are referring to majordomo 1.94.5.
> 
> What is your majordomo UID:GID?  

509, and the one for daemon.

> If you want to follow the rpm, set them to 91:91.

Eh, I don't want to, but if I have to...

> Change $HOME to /usr/lib/majordomo instead of /home/majordomo
> (in the passwd entry and the majordomo.cf)
> Edit your majordomo.cf so that your lists, digests, archives,
> Log file, tmp, etc. live in /var/lib/majordomo.
> chown -R majordomo.majordomo /usr/lib/majordomo /var/lib/majordomo
> chmod 750 /var/lib/majordomo
> chmod 751 /usr/lib/majordomo
> subdirectories of $HOME can be 755
> subdirectories of /var/lib/majordomo can also be 755 but in 
> following the rpm settings, should be 750.
> ALL "files" under either majordomo directory are owned by majordomo
> with two exceptions.  Wrapper is owned and SUID root, and the 
> contrib directory is owner:group root:root.
> Don't forget to add majordomo to /etc/mail/trusted-users.
> 
> If you look through the HOW-TO messages I posted yesterday, 
> you can also see examples of what your aliases should look like.
> 
> PS. If you just want to give up and use the rpm installer, 
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/6.1/en/powertools/i386/majordomo-1.94.5-2.i386.rpm
> 
> One warning about the rpm: Make sure to edit the /etc/majordomo.cf
> file to remove (`/bin/dnsdomainname`) and use ("host.domain.name")
> instead.

Where are the instructions for it, if I decide to throw up my hands and 
bail? (IE, where does it place all the files)?

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