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["Eric Sandquist" <address@concealed>]

OK...  Finally got fastcgi installed, had to create a virtual server at
list.messianicgroups.com for the wws

So, currently, list.messianicgroups.com/wws works, and very well I might
add..

Still, the 4 background tasks seem to die, fairly frequently... Does sympa
write a log as to what caused these processes to die?  I have had this same
issue with the mailman package... and still don't know why..

Also, how do I go about either a) giving symps.sympa the rights to modify
the aliases and domainaliases files in the /etc, or b) modify the
sendmail.cf so that it checks aliases/domainaliases files in  /home/sympa in
addition to the normal locations.

I am using a modified postfix_manager.pl with an additional shell script to
redo the makemap on the domainaliases.db after the update.

In addition to this, I notice when I try to go to the moderation tab,
nothing comes up... How does one go about getting moderation functional?
Can it be set to moderate an entire group? or can I also focus in and just
set certain users to be moderated?

What about banning certain users from certain list? or even the whole
server?  Some users in my realm need to be forcefully removed and then kept
out, as much as is possible...

I have more, but I will hold off for the moment... Also, if there is a more
appropriate list for these types of questions, please let me know..

Eric - IHMS.net
Systems Engineer
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Burgett [mailto:address@concealed]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:34 PM
To: Eric Sandquist
Subject: Re: FW: [sympa-users] When I try to run the sym-lynk wws in my
cgi-bin, I get a 500 error


On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:18:56 -0500, Eric Sandquist wrote:

>
>*****  I have root control, the hosting company has removed all the src
>files for apache...  So how do I go about compiling it to add it as a
>module?  I'm pretty sure I can do that...  I'll just need to dig through
>some more config files... :/

Go to www.fastcgi.com, and download the module. build, put it
where your loadable apache modules go, in your config (mine is
/usr/local/libexec/apache) and add a couple of lines
to your httpd.conf, in the appropriate areas:

LoadModule fastcgi_module     libexec/apache/mod_fastcgi.so

AddModule mod_fastcgi.c


>
>
>First off, if you're not using fastcgi, make sure use_fast_cgi is set
>to '0' in wwsympa.conf
>
>***  Did that just befoer I sent out my initial emails.... no change... :(
>
>
>
>Secondly, I would install my sympa in ~messianic instead of ~sympa
>where it wants to go.  When you run configure, set ac_default_prefix
>to this directory before running configure.  You will probably want
>to review the configure --help for other sympa specific directories
>you will want to change.  I don't know how hard or easy this will
>be.
>
>You should probably 'chown -R messinic:messianicgrp ~messianic after
>installing, just to be sure everything belongs to the right group.
>
>You may need to turn the setuid bit _off_ on wwsympa.fcgi, since
>apache should run suexec as part of starting your virtual server,
>and won't like executing suid files.
>
>****  I would rather not go this route since I want to be able to use the
>virtual robots at some point on atleast one other server on this machine.
>The box is a managed dedicated machine, so I do have root level access, and
>I am responsible for all the domains hosted on it (the bulk of which I
own).
>

Ok then you should be starting your virtual server with


User sympa
Group sympa

and not

User messianic
Group messianicgrp

then.

After adding the fastcgi module, you'll want to be sure to set
use_fast_cgi back to '1' in wwsympa.conf

Here's how I set my virtual server up:

<VirtualHost lists.awen.com:80>

    User sympa
    Group sympa
    DocumentRoot /home/sympa

    AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi .fpl

    ScriptAlias /lists /home/sympa/bin/wwsympa.fcgi

    <Location /lists>
        SetHandler fastcgi-script
    </Location>

    FastCgiWrapper /usr/local/sbin/suexec
    FastCgiServer /home/sympa/bin/wwsympa.fcgi -processes 2

</VirtualHost>

You also need to be sure you have the perl module FCGI installed,
but you probably have already done that as part of your symba install.

Again, make sure the suid bit is off on wwsympa.fcgi, and that
apache's suexec is compiled and working correctly, you will see
that fail right away, and repeatedly, when you start apache, if
you have suexec incorrectly configured, or left the suid bit on.

Good luck,
Mike