[NTLUG:Discuss] Mailman and Apache2

[Rick Cook]

On Wednesday 01 December 2004 20:57, Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> It's coming down to the last thing I hope.
>
> I have Postfix and Mailman running.
>
> However, the web interface to Mailman is not working.
> When I go to:
> http://www.wrennest.com/mailman/admin/testlist
>
> I get
> Access forbidden!
>
> You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either
> read-protected or not readable by the server.
>
> If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
> Error 403
>

You should have gotten an INSTALL file and a README.Postfix file 
(potentially gzip'd) included with your Mailman "documentation". There 
are instructions in each for the various adaptations you may need to make 
to the Postfix and Apache configuration files for them to interact 
correctly with Mailman. For instance:

   - Configure your web server to give $prefix/cgi-bin permission to
      run CGI scripts.  You probably need to be root to do this.

      The line you should add might look something like the following
      (with the real absolute directory substituted for $prefix, of
      course):

          Exec          /mailman/*      $prefix/cgi-bin/*
      or:
          ScriptAlias   /mailman/       $prefix/cgi-bin/

      Consult your web server's documentation for details.


as part of the Apache adaptations. It would be "a good thing" to go review 
at least those two files as you complete your configuration.


Rick