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diff --git a/contrib/README.securelinux_fix b/contrib/README.securelinux_fix new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2998856f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/README.securelinux_fix @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +The securelinux_fix.py script, if copied in your installed +~mailman/bin/ directory and run from there will modify permissions of +files so that Mailman works despite the securelinux (aka openwall) +symbolic and hard link restrictions. + +The way it works is that it makes sure that the UID of any script that +touches config.db is `mailman'. What this means however is that +scripts in ~mailman/bin will now only work if run as user mailman or +root (the script then changes its UID and GID to mailman). + +Enjoy +Marc MERLIN <marcsoft@merlins.org>/<marc_bts@valinux.com> |