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<h3>System setup</h3>
<p><em>You will need to be <b>root</b> to perform the steps in this
section.</em>
<p>Before installing the Mailman software, you need to prepare your
system by adding certain users and groups.
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<li>Add a new user called <code>mailman</code>. Typically
this is added to your <code>/etc/passwd</code> file. If
username <code>mailman</code> is already in use, choose
something else unique and see the
<code>--with-ownername</code> flag below.
<p><li>Add a new group called <code>mailman</code>. Typically this
is added to your <code>/etc/group</code> file. The Mailman
files will be installed under the <code>mailman</code> group,
with the <em>set-group-id</em> bit. This is so both the web
based and mail based programs will have the proper write
permissions. If groupname <code>mailman</code> is already in
use, choose something else unique and see the
<code>--with-ownergroup</code> below.
<p><li>Create an installation directory (called <code>$prefix</code>
in the documentation that follows). All of the Mailman files
will be installed under <code>$prefix</code>. Run
<code>configure --help</code> for ways to split the
installation up based on read-only vs. read/write files.
<p>The default directory for installing is
<code>/home/mailman</code>, but some sites do things like
mount <code>/home</code> with the <em>nosuid</em> option.
This will break Mailman, which relies on setgid programs for
its security. If this describes your environment, simply
install Mailman in a location that allows setgid programs.
<p>Make sure this directory is set to group <code>mailman</code>
(or whatever you're going to specify as
<code>--with-ownergroup</code>) and has the setgid bit set
(but see the README.BSD file in the source distribution if
you're on a BSD system). You probably also want to guarantee
that this directory is readable and executable by everyone.
For example, these shell commands will accomplish this:
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% cd $prefix
% chgrp mailman .
% chmod a+rx,g+ws .
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You are now ready to configure and install the Mailman software.
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