Did you check your /etc/group file to check that "nobody" is actually defined in the file?
Oddly enough, I remember having this problem at a clients - but the solution was like a 5 minute fix so I don't remember what I did, and I didn't chronicle it. Good Luck - Jon Carnes On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 09:37, Ganael LAPLANCHE wrote: > Hi Jon, > > That's what I did, but I get the same error again and again... > What is surprising is getting a negative ID... > > I found It was an apache bug... but i don't know if it's been fixed... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ganael LAPLANCHE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] CGI error (got gid -1) > > > > Take another look at your webserver configuration (I'm guessing its > > apache...). Make sure that your group id is actually set to Nobody > > (gid=99). Afterwards, stop apache and then restart it. > > > > On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 08:21, Ganael LAPLANCHE wrote: > > > Hi all ! > > > > > > I've got a very strange error using mailman... > > > I compiled the sources specifying the right mail gid (12 for me) and the > right cgi gid (99), but > > > when I create the test list and I try to access the web page, I get this > error : > > > > > > Mailman CGI error!!! > > > This entry is being stored in your syslog: > > > Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 99, GOT gid -1. (Reconfigure to > take -1?) > > > What is this strange gid : -1 ? Is this a bug ? Does anyone know a > solution ? > > > Thank you. > > > Gan. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
