How to use ezmlm-web with debian
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Table of content
1 - install the package
2 - create user-sprecific suid binaries
3 - create a user-specific configuration
4 - enable stylesheet
5 - access control
6 - testing
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1) install the package
The debian packages for ezmlm-web are not part of the main
debian distribution. Instead you have to use the debian repository
at systemausfall.org. Just add the following line to your
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://systemausfall.org/toolforge/debian testing main contrib non-free
Now you may simply execute the following commands:
apt-get update
apt-get install ezmlm-web
2) create user-specific suid binaries
As perl-suid is considered deprecated, you have to compile a C-wrapper
for every user of your debian system, who wants to manage his mailing
lists with ezmlm-we.
Usually you do this only for your virtual mailing list user.
to create a wrapper, type the following:
ezmlm-web-make-suid USERNAME DESTINATION_FILE
e.g: ezmlm-web-make-suid john ~john/public_html/cgi-bin/ezmlm-web
3) create a user-specific configuration file (optional)
Copy /usr/share/doc/ezmlm-web/examples/ezmlmwebrc.dist to ~john/.ezmlmwebrc
and change its content according to your setup.
4) web server configuration
Adapt /usr/share/doc/ezmlm-web/examples/apache.conf.dist to your needs
and copy it to /etc/apache2/conf.d/ezmlm-web.
(for other web servers: use a similar setup)
5) access control (optional)
Configure access control for the fresh cgi binary. Maybe you can
use the htaccess.sample file in /usr/share/doc/ezmlm-web/examples as
a template.
Now you should create a webusers file to define the permissions of all
possible web users. An example webusers file can be found at
/usr/share/doc/ezmlm-web/examples/webusers.sample.
See /usr/share/doc/ezmlm-web/README for details about access control.
6) testing
Now you can access the ezmlm-web interface by using your web browser.
e.g. point it to http://localhost/~john/cgi-bin/ezmlm-web
If the web interface does not look like you would expect it, then you
may have to revise your stylesheet settings (HTML_CSS_COMMON and
HTML_CSS_COLOR in ezmlmwebrc).
