Re: [LI] majordomo prob

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Syed Khader Vali proclaimed:
> Now when I try to subscribe to the list, I get this error replicated below
> 
> ---- I get this mail back to me ---------------------------
> 
> >>>> subscribe in-ibm-linux
> >>> Sorry, an error has occurred while processing your request
> >>> The caretaker of Majordomo ( Majordomo-Owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ) has been notified
> >>> of the problem.
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ---- And root gets this mail ------------------------------
> MAJORDOMO ABORT (mj_majordomo)!!
> 
> shlock: '.' is not writable by UID 30 GID 31
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Anybody knows why it is causing a prob. As Thaths has told earlier,
> /usr/lib/majordomo is *owned* by root and
> /var/lib/majordomo is *owned* by majordomo.  ./wrapper config-test doesnot give any errors.
> 
> The changes I have made in my /etc/majordomo.cf are the below lines
> 
> $listdir = "/var/lib/majordomo/lists";
> $log = "/var/lib/majordomo/Log";

Is /var/lib/majordomo/lists/in-ibm-linux writable by majordom?  It should
be owner majordom and group majordom.  The permissions should at least be
664 (preferrably 774).

Also look at the log.

Thaths
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