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| author | hmeland | 1999-03-04 14:26:18 +0000 |
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| committer | hmeland | 1999-03-04 14:26:18 +0000 |
| commit | c2f829f26823616d18d4f496ea1125bdbf8c945a (patch) | |
| tree | 475a915980a43dc10287e6fa6fe4bc1516d6af52 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 8d003021f545a44cc2a7ba0f1a8fefcf83f2b0f9 (diff) | |
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* The recommended chmod for $prefix lacked g+w.
* Replaced "vmailer" with "Postfix" (which is the proper name).
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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if you want to keep your existing installation intact. % cd $prefix % chgrp mailman . - % chmod a+rx,g+s . + % chmod a+rx,g+ws . You are now ready to configure and install the Mailman software. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if you want to keep your existing installation intact. TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF THE --with-mail-gid AND --with-cgi-gid OPTIONS BELOW. YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED TO USE THESE! - You should not be root while performing the steps in the section. + You should not be root while performing the steps in this section. Do them under your own login, or whatever account you typically install software as. @@ -342,18 +342,18 @@ if you want to keep your existing installation intact. You need to reinstall Mailman, and specify $MAIL_GID to be 51, as described in the installation - instructions. see notes on vmailer below, as by default + instructions. see notes on Postfix below, as by default it will create these problems on installation. - Problem: I use vmailer for my MTA and the mail wrapper programs + Problem: I use Postfix for my MTA and the mail wrapper programs are logging complaints about the wrong GID. - Solution: create a separate aliases file for vmailer in it's - main.cf config file under the variable "alias_maps". put + Solution: Create a separate aliases file for Postfix in it's + main.cf config file under the variable "alias_maps". Put the file somewhere in mailman's home directory, or somewhere else where the user mailman has write access - to it; *as user mailman* call vmailer's "mkalias" on the + to it; *as user mailman* call Postfix's "mkalias" on the alias file. % mkalias <the alias file> @@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ if you want to keep your existing installation intact. % python -c'import os; print os.getgid()' - this should print out the group id that mailman should + This should print out the group id that mailman should be configured to expect when the mail wrapper programs - are run. call it "thegid". rebuild mailman with + are run. Call it "thegid". Rebuild mailman with % ./configure --with-mail-gid=thegid |
