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[Kevin McCann <address@concealed>]

Hello,

I'm having problems getting started with Sympa. I first installed with the 
following scenario:

Sympa 3.4.3.1
RedHat 7.2
Perl 5.005

I was able to start Sympa, create a test list called "testlist" and even 
send a message to the test list. Then I decided that I wanted to use MySQL 
as a database so I changed the db settings in /etc/sympa.conf and I started 
getting error messages when trying to restart Sympa (DBI-related errors, 
mostly). I then spent a fair amount of time upgrading CPAN modules but 
ultimately decided I had to upgrade to Perl 5.8, which I did. I then added 
a few CPAN modules which were still required and then re-installed Sympa. 
The installation seemed to go OK and I was able to start the Sympa daemons. 
However, nothing works now. I cannot even create a new list. The errors 
seem to indicate permission problems.

When creating a list called xxx:   unable to create /home/sympa/expl/xxx
When trying to have a password sent:   Cannot create 
/address@concealed. ... : Permission denied

I have read a number of posts on the sympa site (FAQ, list archives) and 
elsewhere while doing searches. Some suggestions allude to perl-suid 
needing to be installed but it seems to already be installed.

Are there known problems with  Sympa and RedHat and Perl 5.8?  Has anyone 
been successful in getting Sympa running on RedHat? If so, what did you 
have to do?

Thanks,
Kevin