Bug 1656765 - mailman is failed to verify admin password once it changed
Summary: mailman is failed to verify admin password once it changed
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mailman
Version: 31
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Pavel Zhukov
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-12-06 09:44 UTC by Pavel Zhukov
Modified: 2020-05-15 02:35 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: mailman-2.1.32-2.fc32
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Last Closed: 2020-05-06 09:11:41 UTC
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Description Pavel Zhukov 2018-12-06 09:44:42 UTC
Description of problem:
mmsitepass puts hash of new site password into /etc/mailman/adm.pw file and there're few issues here:
1) file is not owned by any package
2) it has root:root permission thus not readable by mailman group

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mailman-2.1.29-1.fc28.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install mailman
2. create mailman list 
3. run /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mmsitepass to change password
4. try to create new list

Actual results:
Mailman bug message and traceback in the logs

admin(31191): [----- Traceback ------] 
admin(31191): Traceback (most recent call last):
admin(31191):    File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 117, in run_main
    main()
admin(31191):    File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 66, in main
    process_request(doc, cgidata)
admin(31191):    File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 162, in process_request
    ok = Utils.check_global_password(auth)
admin(31191):    File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 462, in check_global_password
    challenge = get_global_password(siteadmin)
admin(31191):    File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 451, in get_global_password
    fp = open(filename)
admin(31191):  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/mailman/adm.pw'

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 17:00:00 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to '31'.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-08-13 18:54:02 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 31 development cycle.
Changing version to 31.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2020-05-06 09:09:26 UTC
FEDORA-2020-20b748e81e has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-20b748e81e

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2020-05-07 05:20:52 UTC
FEDORA-2020-20b748e81e has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
In short time you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-20b748e81e`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-20b748e81e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2020-05-15 02:35:34 UTC
FEDORA-2020-20b748e81e has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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