[Tech] Fwd: ComCom list is down, other lists too?

[Daniel Melnechuk]

The file:

	Restart-Mailman-Lists.txt

has been added to the doc folder:

	/usr/local/doc

and has the contents:

Restart Mailman Lists

HOW TO

1. First check to make sure the lists are down. This is done by  
checking what, if any, lockfiles exist:

	ls -l /usr/local/mailman/locks

If the lists are down, there will either be no (zero) lock files, or  
a couple that are old and stale, usually just the master-qrunner lock  
and one for our domain.

2. Next, run the command to stop mailman, which will clean out any  
stale lock files and the pid file:

	/usr/local/mailman/data/master-qrunner.pid

The command is:

	sudo /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl stop

Note: Even if Mailman is running, it is ok to stop and start it back  
up again. So if you are unsure if it is running, you can stop, and  
start up again. If that doesn't cure the problem, then it is time to  
look else where.

3. Now start Mailman up:

The command to start mailman up is:

	sudo /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start

	

EXAMPLE

1. See what is in the locks directory:

green-rainbow# ls -l /usr/local/mailman/locks
green-rainbow#

2. Stop Mailman to clean up locks and pid file:

green-rainbow# sudo /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl stop
Shutting down Mailman's master qrunner
No child with pid: 66597
[Errno 3] No such process
Stale pid file removed.
green-rainbow#


3. Start Mailman up and then see what is in the locks directory:

green-rainbow# sudo /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start
Starting Mailman's master qrunner.
green-rainbow# ls -l /usr/local/mailman/locks
total 2
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  63 Mar  6 08:24 master-qrunner
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  63 Mar  6 08:24 master-qrunner.green- 
rainbow.org.23028
green-rainbow# ls -l /usr/local/mailman/locks (just a moment later)
total 6
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  77 Mar  5 07:24 candidate- 
development.lock
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  77 Mar  5 07:24 candidate- 
development.lock.green-rainbow.org.23032.5
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  63 Mar  6 08:24 master-qrunner
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  63 Mar  6 08:24 master-qrunner.green- 
rainbow.org.23028
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  60 Mar  5 07:24 tech.lock
-rw-rw-r--  2 mailman  mailman  60 Mar  5 07:24 tech.lock.green- 
rainbow.org.23029.0
green-rainbow#



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Eli Beckerman" <elibeck at gmail.com>
> Date: March 4, 2007 9:46:06 AM EST
> To: "Tech GRP" <tech at green-rainbow.org>, "Dan Melnechuk"  
> <isis at isisdesign.com>, "Jamie O'Keefe" <jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org>
> Subject: ComCom list is down, other lists too?
>
> Messages sent last night and this morning have not made it through.
>
> (Whoever gets to this -- think about documenting how to fix this for
> /usr/local/doc)
>