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Subject: bin.bin list permission
From: Majordomo list server <majordom @ gange . intesys . it>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:50:40 +0100 (GMT+0100)
To: majordomo-workers @ greatcircle . com
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com


Dear majordomo-workers,
it's about two days that I'm try to resolve
this strange mistake...
I've read FAQ, web pages, manuals, and other
available stuff (is there some official docs
I've not read yet?) with no solution...

( Perl 5.001              )
( Mj 1.93                 )
( Slackware Linux 1.2.13  )

Please help me, the situation is this....

===========================================================
tamigi:~/archive$ ls -laR
total 4
drwxrwxr-x   4 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 11 11:53 .
drwxrwxr-x   9 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 12 08:59 ..
drwxrwxrwx   2 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 12 09:08 free
drwxrwxrwx   2 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 11 11:53 tutti

free:
total 3
drwxrwxrwx   2 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 12 09:08 .
drwxrwxr-x   4 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 11 11:53 ..
-rw-------   1 bin      bin           720 Jul 12 09:08 free

tutti:
total 2
drwxrwxrwx   2 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 11 11:53 .
drwxrwxr-x   4 majordom majordom     1024 Jul 11 11:53 ..
===========================================================

The question is...
Why is:
-rw-------   1 bin      bin           720 Jul 12 09:08 free
and not:
-rw-rw----   1 majordom majordom      720 Jul 12 09:08 free
?
This causes only the first mail is archived,
the other mail to the list are sent back to the owner with an error
that naturally (majordomo is unable to append msgs)
is comething like this:

===========================================================
Subject: Returned mail: Cannot open /usr/local/majordomo/lists/free:
Permission denied
Parts/attachments:
   1   Shown   12 lines  Text
   2   Shown  715 bytes  Message, "1st trial"
   2.1 Shown    1 lines  Text
----------------------------------------

The original message was received at Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:08:48 +0100
from majordom@localhost

   ----- The following addresses had delivery problems -----
:include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free  (unrecoverable error)
    (expanded from: free-outgoing)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
Message delivered to mailing list free-archive
550 :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free... Cannot open
/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free: Permission
denied

   ----- Message header follows -----

  [ Part 2: "Included Message" ]

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:08:47 +0100 (GMT+0100)
From: Alpha <alpha@tamigi.intesys.it>
To: free@tamigi.intesys.it
Subject: 1st trial

   ----- Message body suppressed -----
===========================================================
 

If I :
1) chown majordomo.majorodmo free
2) chmod 666 free
everything appears go ok. New mails are queued to archive/free/free

BUT:

there is a but,
when i (the owner) issue a 
mkdigest free !free-passwd!
it send me back something like:

===========================================================
>>>> mkdigest free !free!
producing free V1 #5     
/usr/local/majordomo/archive/free/free... Can't create output: Permission
denied                                                                      
:include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free... Cannot open
/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free: Permission                                 
denied                                     
===========================================================
and
===========================================================

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:07:19 +0100
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@tamigi.intesys.it>
To: free-owner@tamigi.intesys.it
Subject: Returned mail: Cannot open /usr/local/majordomo/lists/free:
Permission denied
Parts/attachments:
   1   Shown   15 lines  Text
   2   Shown  401 bytes  Message, "free V1 #5"
   2.1 Shown    1 lines  Text
----------------------------------------

The original message was received at Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:07:19 +0100
from majordom@localhost

   ----- The following addresses had delivery problems -----
/usr/local/majordomo/archive/free/free  (unrecoverable error)
    (expanded from: free-archive)
:include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free  (unrecoverable error)
    (expanded from: free-outgoing)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 /usr/local/majordomo/archive/free/free... Can't create output:
Permission denied
Message delivered to mailing list free-archive
550 :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free... Cannot open
/usr/local/majordomo/lists/free: Permission
denied

   ----- Message header follows -----

  [ Part 2: "Included Message" ]

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:07:19 +0100
From: owner-free@tamigi.intesys.it
To: free@tamigi.intesys.it
Subject: free V1 #5

   ----- Message body suppressed -----

===========================================================

My opinion is that wrapper and majordomo don't works correctly
more precisely
I think wrapper does not wrap majordomo correctly.
bin.bin is not majordomo.majordomo
Is maybe due to a lack of
"majordom" anywhere in the /etc/group
like
root::0:root,majordom

?

Thank you in advance for the help you will give me.

regards,
Alberto Gaiga

 







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