Glenn, My /etc/group file has the following entry:
mailman:x:41: I don't have an /etc/groups file on my system. I'm assuming you mean /etc/group. bash$ id mailman uid=41(mailman) gid=41(mailman) groups=41(mailman) (as root) bash$ ./check_perms -f No problems found Hmm... sitll the same problems. Do you or anyone else have any new ideas? Many thanks, jim On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:16:26 -0500, Glenn Sieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said the following on 2/16/2005 8:26 AM: > > >Hi, I'm still having trouble with installing Mailman. The original > >error is as follows: > > > >Mailman CGI error!!! > >The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being > >stored in your syslog: > > > >Failure to lookup via getgrgid() the group info for group id -1 that > >this Mailman CGI wrapper is executing under. > >This is probably due to an incorrectly configured system and is not a > >Mailman problem > > > >I listed some responses to questions people on the list asked. I think > >there's a system configuration problem, but I'm not sure if it's with > >my users or groups or apache config etc. I'd really appreciate the > >help. I'm also willing to perform a brute force solution. > > > >Thanks, > >jim > > > My bet is you don't have a group ID set in /etc/groups. > > Try running check_perms -f and see if it's able to fix things. If not, > it should yell about what group ID it needs.. > > Best, > --Glenn > > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
