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Anyone have working configuration settings for Mailman run on Hiawatha?

My current setting:

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = lists.example.com
        WebsiteRoot = /usr/local/www/example
        StartFile = index.html
        Alias = /mailman:/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin
        Alias = /pipermail:/usr/local/mailman/archives/public
        Alias = /icons:/usr/local/www/icons
}

My current CGI configuration setting:

CGIextension = cgi
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/perl:pl
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py

If I type in /pipermail and /icons on the browser, both showed up no problem. If I type /mailman, /mailman/admin and /mailman/listinfo, I get 404 error (empty page) AND the browser ask me if I can save .BIN files. Mailman use Python.

I turned Hiawatha off and turn Apache on to see if the simliar problem show up. On Apache, everything (i.e. pipermail, icons, mailman, admin, listinfo so on...) showed up no problem.

I see only setting that Apache able to run Mailman something Hiawatha lacking: ScriptAlias

I am very much like to stay with Hiawatha and trying to run Mailman on Hiawatha too.

Suggestions?


Hiawatha version: 8.7
Operating System: FreeBSD

Have you read the CGI HOWTO? You have to add "ExecuteCGI = yes" to your virtual host block. What are the extensions of the mailman CGI scripts?

I added "ExecuteCGI = yes" and restart it. Still no go.

There are no extensions of mailman CGI scripts. I use Mailman version 2.1.14_6.

In the /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin directory, there are no extensions of CGI scripts.

Use the NoExtensionAs option to execute Python for scripts without an extension.

Ok, I added:

ExecuteCGI =yes
NoExtensionAs = cgi
EnablePathInfo = yes


If I type in "/mailman/admin" or "/mailman/listinfo" on the browser and their pages showed up no problem.

If I type in "/mailman/admin/mylist" or "/mailman/listsinfo/mylist" and both get 404 error. Same thing on "/pipermail/mylist" too.

Hmm... permissions problem or different owner/group information? Oh, I put "ServerId = nobody" in the Server configuration.

You said the mailman scripts where Python scripts. Shouldn't you then be using

NoExtensionAs = py

Ok, I changed from cgi to py

Still 404 error.

After read and re-read the Hiawatha manual, I added:

FollowSymlinks = yes

and restarted Hiawatha. The /mailman/admin and /mailman/listinfo showed up. But, still 404 errors on /mailman/admin/mylist and /mailman/listinfo/mylist.

The /pipermail/mylist (archives) showed up!

This is getting real close to make the whole Mailman on Hiawatha thing work together...

Suggestions or ideas? What about Directory section in the Hiawatha.conf file?

From 'Install and configure mailman on FreeBSD 8.3 RELEASE' page (url: http://freeios.com/content/install-and-configure-mailman-freebsd-83-release ) :

Setup Apache to work with mailman section:

# Added and edited. Mainly for mailman to work.
#
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
#AllowOverride None
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
#
#

and

# -- Added for Mailman
#
ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/
Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/
Options FollowSymLinks
#
# -- End add.

mailman/admin/mylist and mailman/listinfo/mylist are files or directories?

The 'mailman/admin' and 'mailman/listinfo' are python files with no extension and in the /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin directory.

The 'mylist' is just configuration data file that came from /usr/local/mailman/lists directory.

Correction: the 'mylist' is actually directory ( /usr/local/mailman/lists/mylist ) that contains configuration/data files.

The 'mylist' is created via '/mailman/create' web page (yes that showed up no problem).

I tried:

Directory {
        Path = /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin
        ExecuteCGI = yes
        FollowSymlinks = yes
}

and get Syntax error on that 'FollowSymlinks' line. So, I remove that line. Restart Hiawatha. No Syntax error but still no luck.

Is there bug on that 'FollowSymlinks' in the Directory Configuration?

As I am waiting for Hugo's response, I changed the 'FollowSymlinks' to 'FollowSymlink' below:

Directory {
        Path = /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin
        ExecuteCGI = yes
        FollowSymlink = yes
}

Then restarted Hiawatha and NO Syntax error on that 'FollowSymlink' line.

So, just to let you know about that.

FollowSymlink should indeed be FollowSymlinks. Thanks, I've fixed this in the source.

When can I download version that fix FollowSymlinks bug?

It's not available yet. Edit src/serverconfig.c and fix it manually at line 1437.