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The following notes will guide you through the installation of ezmlm-web:
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0. IMPORTANT: you need the perl module Mail::Ezmlm and others to use
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ezmlm-web! The file README contains the list of necessary modules.
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1. Get ezmlm-web and extract the archive:
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tar xzf ezmlm-web-2.2.tar.gz
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2. Copy ezmlm-web.cgi to some publically readable directory. It does not
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have to be in a path accessible to your web server, but any user with a
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mailing list must be able to run it (Check the read and execute rights
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on both the file and directory). We put our copy in "/usr/local/bin".
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At the top of ezmlm-web.gi you can will probably have to change the
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$ENV{'PATH'} variable. Be careful about what you set as the path. Too
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much is a security risk and too little will cause the script to
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malfunction. Version 2.0 requires that the following programs be
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accessible in your path: mv, rm
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3. Edit the ezmlmwebrc file and alter the variables to suit your
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particular system.
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Be careful about the $LIST_DIR variable. This script assumes that all
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users store their mailing lists in the same sub directory of the home
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directory (eg ~/lists). You can override this for an individual user
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by recompiling the C wrapper to call ezmlm-web.cgi with a -d option.
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Other configurable options are documented in the ezmlmwebrc file
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itself. I have tried to keep the amount of information that you need to
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supply to a minimum and also make reasonable guesses about default
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values.
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Finally, copy the ezmlmwebrc file and the "lang" directory to one of
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the following places:
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- /etc/ezmlm
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- the home directory of the user that runs ezmlm-web.cgi
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- the directory, that contains your ezmlm-web.cgi file
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4. Edit the index.c file and change the path to the path of your copy
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of ezmlm-web.cgi. Then compile this file. You can do this by issuing
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the command; gcc -o index.cgi index.c
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5. For every user/virtual host that needs to manage mailing lists, you
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need to create a SUID (user not root!!) copy of index.cgi (see
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chmod(1) for details). These need to reside somewhere accessible by
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the web server. I suggest that you put them in a sub directory (see
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about security) of each user/virtual host's home directory (eg
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/home/luser/public_html/ezmlm for Apache on Redhat).
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The copies don't actually have to be called index.cgi, but it is nice
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for web servers that can resolve a cgi script as an index page (see the
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srm.conf file in Apache). It is important to make sure that whichever
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directory you choose to put them can i: Execute CGI Scripts and ii: Be
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access controlled (here I mean both web and user access) by some method
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(eg .htaccess, access.conf for Apache).
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6. Install some method of securing access to the page. The following
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information is applicable to Apache web servers ... Detailed
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information on user authentication can be obtained from the Apache
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documentation (http://www.apache.org) and ApacheWeek
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(http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth)
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6.1 Ensure that your Apache setup will allow .htaccess file to control
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access in the directory that contains. This is controlled by the
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AllowOverride tag in access.conf. (Also ensure you have the
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necessary Apache modules installed)
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6.2 Create a htpasswd file. This is done using the htpasswd command that
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comes with Apache. Its command line syntax is;
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htpasswd [-c] passwordfile username
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You need to put the passwordfile somewhere that is not accessible by
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people through the web, and create an entry for each user you want
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to have access ... See the ApacheWeek article for more details.
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6.3 Create a .htaccess file in the directory that contains index.cgi.
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Note that using Apache's built in access control, you can only control
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access to directories, not individual files, hence the need for a
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sub-directory in step 5.
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The format of the .htaccess file should be along the lines of this;
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AuthName EZ Mailing List Manager
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AuthType Basic
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AuthUserFile /path/to/passwordfile
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require valid-user # or require user username
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Again, see the ApacheWeek article for details.
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7. Test the installation through the web. You should be asked for a
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username and password (supplied in 6.2) and then be presented with a
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screen entitled EZ Mailing List Manger. You can then try to create and
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edit mailing lists ... Have Fun :)
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If you have any problems, then you can:
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- take a look at https://systemausfall.org/toolforge/ezmlm-web
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- send me an email: ezmlm-web@sumpfralle.de
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