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Diffstat (limited to 'src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py b/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py index 7b0291229..f58005e0f 100644 --- a/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py +++ b/src/mailman/commands/cli_control.py @@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ class Start: def log(message): if not args.quiet: print(message) + # Try to find the path to a valid, existing configuration file, and + # refuse to start if one cannot be found. + if args.config is not None: + config_path = args.config + elif config.filename is not None: + config_path = config.filename + else: + config_path = os.path.join(config.VAR_DIR, 'etc', 'mailman.cfg') + if not os.path.exists(config_path): + print(_("""\ +No valid configuration file could be found, so Mailman will refuse to start. +Use -C/--config to specify a valid configuration file."""), file=sys.stderr) + sys.exit(1) # Daemon process startup according to Stevens, Advanced Programming in # the UNIX Environment, Chapter 13. pid = os.fork() @@ -117,11 +130,7 @@ class Start: os.setsid() # Instead of cd'ing to root, cd to the Mailman runtime directory. # However, before we do that, set an environment variable used by the - # subprocesses to calculate their path to the $VAR_DIR. Before we - # chdir() though, calculate the absolute path to the configuration - # file. - config_path = (config.filename if args.config is None - else os.path.abspath(args.config)) + # subprocesses to calculate their path to the $VAR_DIR. os.environ['MAILMAN_VAR_DIR'] = config.VAR_DIR os.chdir(config.VAR_DIR) # Exec the master watcher. |