On Wed, 19 May 2004 16:51:57 -0500 David Blomquist wrote: > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 15:29, David Relson wrote: > > On Wed, 19 May 2004 14:22:45 -0500 > > David Blomquist wrote: > > > > > I am getting the following error message but my mail server > > > (Postfix) is not set up as group "apache". Anybody have an idea > > > why I am getting this error message? > > > > > > > > > This is the Postfix program at host 'my.mail.host. > > > > > > I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned > > > below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. > > > > > > For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster> > > > > > > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can > > > delete your own text from the message returned below. > > > > > > The Postfix program > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Command died with status 2: > > > "/var/mailman/mail/mailman request mb_two". Command output: > > > Group > > > mismatch > > > error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed > > > as > > > one of > > > the following groups: [mail, nobody, mailman], but the > > > system's mail > > > server > > > executed the mail script as group: "apache". Try tweaking the > > > mail > > > server > > > to run the script as one of these groups: [mail, nobody, > > > mailman], > > > or > > > re-run configure providing the command line option: > > > '--with-mail-gid=apache'. > > > > Sounds familiar! Check the ownership of the aliases file, i.e. > > /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases. If recollection serves, postfix sets > > the gid to match that file when it invokes mailman. > > > > I checked the ownership of the alias file and it was apache.mailman. I > changed it to mailman.mailman (I assume this is correct) and the error > stopped. I am still wondering how it got to be apache.mailman in the > first place, though. > > Many thanks! > > David
David, Glad to help. I'm still a mailman newbie. I started climbing the learning curve a month or so back and some of the lessons are still fresh in my mind. Passing on what I've learned is the least I can do :-) Regards, David ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
