[p2p-research] Writing AutoPurge plugin for MailMan (was: Re: [p2pf] Fwd: switching to another mailing list if nobody comes forward before Monday)

[marc fawzi]

The password was visible to all including anyone who is not a list
member who can view the list archive.

Thus, we should consider the possibility that someone took the
password and made him/herself an admin and changed the password.

Patrick's method is the right way imo



On 3/15/09, Patrick Anderson <AGNUcius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does Ned have an email addr?  Can't we ask for the password again?
>
> What login name are you using?
>
> If you are using a web interface (through a browser) the following
> doesn't apply:
>
> If you are using ssh or telnet for an interactive text-terminal
> "shell" login, you are usually denied remote access as 'root'.  The
> workaround is to instead [login] as your regular Username and then use
> either the 'su' or 'sudo' command to Administer.
>
>
> ++++
>
> Michel, or anyone who has this info:
>
> Forward the correct LoginName and PassWord for shell access to me.
>
> I'll schedule a simple shell script to run daily that that looks for
> posts from "unsubscribed" and deletes the associated files or DataBase
> entries.
>
> After that we can write a patch or plugin for MailMan allowing
> auto-purge based on regexp.
>
>
> Patrick Anderson
> AGNUcius at Gmail
>