Re: Possible ownership/permissions issue?

chmod g-w /opt/majordomo/lists

Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> I have run an earlier version of Majordomo on one of my systems over 
> the past 10 years or so, and had very little problem setting it up and 
> getting it operating.
>
> Recently, my main server crashed with a catastrophic hardware failure, 
> and I am in the process of rebuilding my system and adding a backup 
> system.
>
> The machines are HP servers, running HP-UX 11.11 with all updates. I 
> also installed gcc and other software needed by it,  and bash, pine, pico, 
> Apache, etc. Sendmail is version 8.13.X
>
> E-mail is working fine as is the web server.
>
> I tried to set up Majordomo 1.94.5 according to the most recent 
> documentation, but am having difficulty.
>
> The setup is as follows:
> userID: majordom
> group: daemon
> majordomo home directory: /opt/majordomo
> permissions on $home: 0770
> permissions IN /opt/majordomo/lists: 664
>
> In the aliases file at /etc/aliases, I have setup the first alias as
>
> majordom : majordomo
>
> in addition to those listed in the majordomo.alias file.
>
> I can mail to [email protected] from root or a local user 
> and it works fine. I get the proper responses, etc.
>
> However, when I attempt to mail to my [email protected], I 
> receive several messages at the list manager as follows:
>
> "The original message was received at Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:09:02 -
> 0700 (PDT) from daemon@localhost
>
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> :include:/opt/majordomo/lists/<list_name>
>     (expanded from: <list-name>-list)
>
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 550 5.2.4 :include:/opt/majordomo/lists/<list_name>... Cannot open
> /opt/majordomo/lists/<list_name>: Group writable directory
>
>     [ Part 2: "Delivery Status" ]
>
> Reporting-MTA: dns; foo.somewhere.edu
> Arrival-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:09:02 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Final-Recipient: RFC822; <list_name>[email protected]
> X-Actual-Recipient: 
> rfc822;/opt/majordomo/lists/<list_name>@foo.somewhere.edu
> Action: failed
> Status: 5.2.4
> Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:09:02 -0700 (PDT)"
>
> Will/can someone please tell me what the heck is going on?
>
> What is this "Group writable directory" business? As far as I can see, the 
> directory in question MUST be "group writable".
>
> I am confused...which is not an unusual state for me. :-(
>
> Kenneth G. Gordon
> Electronic Instrument Specialist, Sr.
> University of Idaho
> College of Science
> Moscow, Idaho 83844-3025
>
>
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