Hi, I wanted to make our list subscriber only, so I uncommented the foreign_submit line per the FAQ. However, I soon realized that nobody except the one address that was in the accept file was able to post to the list. Evidently, the accept list was never linked to the dist list, or somehow became unlinked. Anyway, I'm a Linux rookie, but I did figure out how to SSH into my site through my web provider, then I used the following shell commands: rm accept ln dist accept This seemed to do the trick, but did I do it right? Any ideas how the file may have become unlinked in the first place? -- Bruce Vander Werf brucev@cyberlink.com
In article <NDBBKHAINBDFGBJFHDJDKEPHHHAA.brucev@cyberlink.com>, "Bruce Vander Werf" <brucev@cyberlink.com> writes:
Anyway, I'm a Linux rookie, but I did figure out how to SSH into my site through my web provider, then I used the following shell commands:
rm accept ln dist accept
This seemed to do the trick, but did I do it right?
That should be all you need to do.
Any ideas how the file may have become unlinked in the first place?
The most common cause in my experience is when someone edits the dist or accept file with emacs or some other editor that doesn't pay attention to hardlinks by default. Emacs's natural behavior is to make a backup of the file you're editing by renaming it to filename~, then creating a new file in its place. Vi, pico and some other editors make backup files by copying rather than renaming, which avoids this particular problem.
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