Thanks that helped. I thought the problem was with the "--with-username=1086" but indeed it was with "--with-mail-gid=6".
Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Roelf Schreurs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020813 00:36]: wrote: > >>Hi >> >>I just installed mailman 2.1b3 >> >>uid=1086(mailman) gid=1086(mailman) groups=1086(mailman) >> >>./configure --prefix=/opt/mailman --with-username=1086 --with-groupname=1086 >> >>su-2.05a$ ls -l >>-rwxr-sr-x 1 mailman mailman 18005 Aug 12 15:37 mailman >> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Command died with status 2: "/opt/mailman/mail/mailman >>post >> mailman". Command output: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 1086, >>GOT gid >> 65534. (Reconfigure to take 65534?) >> >>uid=1001(postfix) gid=1002(postfix) groups=1002(postfix) >>running postfix >> >>I recompiled with gid 65534 but that still didn't work. >>Any help please? >> > > > While I haven't read any postfix related READMEs, all I had to do was just > worry about two things, mail-gid and cgi-gid. Now I know just so well that > my MTA (Exim) has a gid=6 and apache has a gid=80 so life was simple because > I did not want to tweak the rest. So if I were you, I'd use the following > (change 6 and 80 to reflect yours). Group ids are listed in /etc/group for > the OSes I know ;-) > > ./configure --prefix=/opt/mailman --with-mail-gid=6 --with-cgi-gid=80 > make install > > > > cheers > - wash > +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > Odhiambo Washington, [EMAIL PROTECTED] . WANANCHI ONLINE LTD (Nairobi, KE) | > http://ns2.wananchi.com/~wash/ . 1ere Etage, Loita Hse, Loita St., | > GSM: (254) 722 743 223 . # 10286, 00100 NAIROBI | > +---------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" > --from a /. post > > ++ > ``That Ariel Sharon. Boy, he sure is controversial. > Most Western countries would have to have a military coup > before they enjoyed a leader of that caliber.'' (Sydney Webb) > -- Roelf Schreurs IMC Amsterdam +31 20 527 5092 Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
