--- /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/bin/check_perms.py.old   2006-10-13 20:09:09.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/bin/check_perms.py       2006-10-13 20:06:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
                   'request.db', 'request.db.tmp')
     if STATE.VERBOSE:
         print _('checking permissions on list data')
-    for dir in os.listdir(config.LIST_DATA_DIR):
+    for dir in [x for x in os.listdir(config.LIST_DATA_DIR) if S_ISDIR(os.stat(os.path.join(config.LIST_DATA_DIR,x)).st_mode)]:
         for file in checkfiles:
             path = os.path.join(config.LIST_DATA_DIR, dir, file)
             if STATE.VERBOSE: