[TriLUG] Mailman issue ( 10th )

[Ron Kelley via TriLUG]

Do the UID/GIDs match from the old system to the new one?



> On Apr 10, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Brian McCullough via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> I have been meaning to ask this question for a couple of days, but
> keeping fighting.
> 
> 
> I have a machine ( new ) that is a successor to an old machine.  The old
> machine has been running Mailman for quite some time, and the user wants
> to preserve all of the history as we move to the new machine.
> 
> Following instructions, I installed mailman in the new machine ( Debian
> 9 ), and then copied /var/lib/mailman/[archive, data, lists] to the new
> machine.  I also copied /etc/aliases and learned about the genaliases
> command.
> 
> After copying all of those directories, I ran check_perms, and, after a
> couple of corrections, it was happy.
> 
> The big complaint at this point, is that the Administrator ( and
> probably other users ) can not read the Archives.
> 
> 
> What am I missing?  ( I know, there are any number of things that I am
> missing, but .... )
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Brian
> 
> 
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