Re: [cobalt-users] Need correct permissions for /usr/local/majordomo on RaQ3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oliver Hasprich wrote:

> As you´ve installed your own copy of majordomo, you know that
> majordomo usually is installed under its own user account. You did
> it this way and if I´m installing it on a common Linux-PC, i create
> a separate majordomo user, too. But I found no 'majordom' user in
> the RaQ´s passwd file, thus Cobalt must have majordomo running under
> a different user. And I didn´t know which one.

The default installation on MY RaQ2 runs majordomo as admin.

To determine which user majordomo runs as, execute the following (NOT
from root):

$ ./wrapper config-test

It'll tell you <smile>.

> Althoug your directory listing didn´t solved my problem, it lead
> me to the solution. I have changed all ownership settings to
> mail.daemon and this made it work again.
> 
> BTW: Is there a reason why you´ve set up a separate majordomo
> installation to host mailing lists?

Yes...

So I wouldn't have to go through what you're going through.  Cobalt tech
support told me they didn't support majordomo for lists except for what
you could set up through the Raq's gui interface; since we do a lot of
majordomo hosting, with a lot of different clients with a lot of
different requirements, the gui option wasn't really an option for me;
mainly because there's not enough control over the aliases that make
majordomo work.

We set up lots of copies of majordomo every year.

> BTW2: I don´t really use majordomo for mailing lists, but I
> have a few clients who want their info@... aliases to be
> directed on more than one user account. So I set up a mailing
> list with that alias and include all site users in this list.
> At least that seems to be the easiest way for me to make it
> work and the client can configure the settings himself via
> the web interface. If you have an even better solution, I´d
> be grateful to hear it.

There are much easier ways to do it, but if you like doing it that way,
go ahead... It's true that it does let your customers configure their
own lists, which is more than I can say for my solution.  We set up our
customers manually.

> <smile> I´ve made some majordomo installations for myself, thus
> I know about the hassles it takes to get it up and running.

It gets easier at about 100 installations a year <wry grin>.

Jeff
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