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| author | bwarsaw | 1998-06-02 18:56:07 +0000 |
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| committer | bwarsaw | 1998-06-02 18:56:07 +0000 |
| commit | 1680cc52389146f19647fc38bcf311aaccf66ec9 (patch) | |
| tree | f9beff6edfa6015997637d36b2d16458af9ea499 | |
| parent | 3d784da9300494ab3a209c01a97daa3f75615451 (diff) | |
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Describe the new interface to --with-mail-gid and --with-cgi-gid
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 26 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -86,18 +86,20 @@ configure and install the Mailman software. different installation directory for architecture dependent binaries. - --with-python=/path/to/python + --with-python=</path/to/python> Specify an alternative Python interpreter to use for the wrapper programs. The default is to use the interpreter found first on your shell's $PATH. Note that when running the scripts from the command line, the first Python interpreter found on $PATH is always used. - --with-mail-gid=<gid> - Specify an alternative group id for running scripts via - the mail wrapper. By default, this id is for the `other' - group (typically defined in your system's /etc/group - file). + --with-mail-gid=<group-or-groups> + Specify an alternative group for running scripts via the + mail wrapper. <group-or-groups> can be a list of one or + more integer group ids or symbolic group names. The first + value in the list that resolves to an existing group is + used. By default, the value is the `other' group + (typically defined in your system's /etc/group file). This is highly system dependent and you must get this right, because the group id is compiled into the mail @@ -105,11 +107,13 @@ configure and install the Mailman software. sendmail, check your sendmail.cf file to see what group it runs programs as. - --with-cgi-gid=<gid> - Specify an alternative group id for running scripts via - the CGI wrapper. By default, this id is for the `nobody' - group (typically defined in your system's /etc/group - file). + --with-cgi-gid=<group-or-groups> + Specify an alternative group for running scripts via the + CGI wrapper. <group-or-groups> can be a list of one or + more integer group ids or symbolic group names. The first + value in the list that resolves to an existing group is + used. By default, the value is the the list + `www www-data nobody'. The proper value for this is dependent on your Web server configuration, and you must get this right, because the |