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diff --git a/admin/www/mailman-install/node41.html b/admin/www/mailman-install/node41.html index fceac309..be718986 100644 --- a/admin/www/mailman-install/node41.html +++ b/admin/www/mailman-install/node41.html @@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ <link rel="parent" href="front.html" /> <link rel="next" href="node42.html" /> <meta name='aesop' content='information' /> -<title>9 Start the Mailman qrunner</title> +<title>9 Set up cron</title> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div id='top-navigation-panel' xml:id='top-navigation-panel'> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> -<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="8 Set up cron" +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="8 Create a site-wide" href="node40.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Front Matter" href="front.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> -<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="10 Check the hostname" +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="10 Start the Mailman" href="node42.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - Installation Manual</td> @@ -36,100 +36,73 @@ </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> -<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node40.html">8 Set up cron</A> +<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node40.html">8 Create a site-wide</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="front.html">Front Matter</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> -<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node42.html">10 Check the hostname</A> +<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node42.html">10 Start the Mailman</A> </div> <hr /></div> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001900000000000000000"> -9 Start the Mailman qrunner</A> +9 Set up cron</A> </H1> <P> -Mailman depends on a process called the ``qrunner'' to delivery all -email messages it sees. You must start the qrunner by executing the following -command from the <var>$prefix</var> directory: +Several Mailman features occur on a regular schedule, so you must set up +<b class="program">cron</b> to run the right programs at the right time<A NAME="tex2html6" + HREF="#foot542"><SUP>6</SUP></A>. <P> -<div class="verbatim"><pre> - % bin/mailmanctl start -</pre></div> - -<P> -You probably want to start Mailman every time you reboot your system. Exactly -how to do this depends on your operating system. If your OS supports the -<b class="program">chkconfig</b> command (e.g. RedHat and Mandrake Linuxes) you can -do the following (as root, from the Mailman install directory): - -<P> -<div class="verbatim"><pre> - % cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman - % chkconfig --add mailman -</pre></div> - -<P> -Note that <span class="file">/etc/init.d</span> may be <span class="file">/etc/rc.d/init.d</span> on some systems. - -<P> -On Gentoo Linux, you can do the following: - -<P> -<div class="verbatim"><pre> - % cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman - % rc-update add mailman default -</pre></div> - -<P> -On Debian, you probably want to use: +If your version of crontab supports the <b class="programopt">-u</b> option, you must be +root to do this next step. Add <span class="file"><var>$prefix</var>/cron/crontab.in</span> as a +crontab entry by executing these commands: <P> <div class="verbatim"><pre> - % update-rc.d mailman defaults + % cd $prefix/cron + % crontab -u mailman crontab.in </pre></div> <P> -For <span class="Unix">Unix</span>es that don't support <b class="program">chkconfig</b>, you might try the -following set of commands: +If you used the <b class="programopt">--with-username</b> option, use that user name +instead of <code>mailman</code> for the <b class="programopt">-u</b> argument value. If your +crontab does not support the <b class="programopt">-u</b> option, try these commands: <P> <div class="verbatim"><pre> - % cp scripts/mailman /etc/init.d/mailman - % cp misc/mailman /etc/init.d - % cd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman - % cd ../rc1.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman - % cd ../rc2.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman - % cd ../rc3.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman - % cd ../rc4.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman - % cd ../rc5.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman S98mailman - % cd ../rc6.d - % ln -s ../init.d/mailman K12mailman + % cd $prefix/cron + % su - mailman + % crontab crontab.in </pre></div> <P> +<BR><HR><H4>Footnotes</H4> +<DL> +<DT><A NAME="foot542">... time</A><A + HREF="node41.html#tex2html6"><SUP>6</SUP></A></DT> +<DD>Note that +if you're upgrading from a previous version of Mailman, you'll want to install +the new crontab, but be careful if you're running multiple Mailman +installations on your site! Changing the crontab could mess with other +parallel Mailman installations. +</DD> +</DL> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'> <p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> -<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="8 Set up cron" +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="8 Create a site-wide" href="node40.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="Front Matter" href="front.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> -<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="10 Check the hostname" +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="10 Start the Mailman" href="node42.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - Installation Manual</td> @@ -142,15 +115,15 @@ following set of commands: </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> -<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node40.html">8 Set up cron</A> +<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node40.html">8 Create a site-wide</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="front.html">Front Matter</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> -<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node42.html">10 Check the hostname</A> +<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node42.html">10 Start the Mailman</A> </div> </div> <hr /> -<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 13, 2004.</span> +<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 22, 2004.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> |