On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 20:13, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > On 12/15/18 1:35 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > # User and group for Mailman, should match your --with-mail-gid > > # switch to Mailman's configure script. Value is normally "mailman" > > MM_UID=list > > MM_GID=list > > > > Now, posts cannot be delivered because: > > 2018-12-15 00:00:58 1gXuEg-0006Hn-2J ** test...@lists.my.co.ke < > > testing-boun...@lists.my.co.ke> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport: > Child > > process of mailman_transport transport returned 2 from command: > > /var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman > > > Status = 2 is a group mismatch error as you apparently discovered. >
Yes, and got stumped as well. > > > > After consulting Google, I got advised to run a test: > > > > root@lists:/home/wash# /var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post > > Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail > > wrapper script to be executed as group "daemon", but > > the system's mail server executed the mail script as > > group "root". Try tweaking the mail server to run the > > script as group "daemon", or re-run configure, > > providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid=root' > > > This test is irrelevant. It would be expected to produce a group > mismatch because you are running the wrapper as root:root and not as the > user:group that Exim runs it as. > Ah, that explains it. Every change I did to MM_UID and MM_GID was producing that error, leaving me wondering. > Also, even in Debian/Ubuntu, the wrapper is normally named > mailman/mail/mailman, not mailman/mail/wrapper, so I'm not sure what's going on here. > I saw the wrapper is a symlink so I did not find it odd to just use the name. root@lists:/home/wash# cd /var/lib/mailman/mail/ root@lists:/var/lib/mailman/mail# ls -al total 24 drwxrwsr-x 2 root list 4096 Dec 15 13:51 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root list 4096 Dec 15 13:44 .. -rwxr-sr-x 1 root list 14672 Nov 30 19:01 mailman lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 30 19:01 wrapper -> mailman root@lists:/var/lib/mailman/mail# > > As far as how to fix it, this is really a Debian/Ubuntu question. See > <https://wiki.list.org/x/12812344>. > > > That said, there are a couple of things going on here: > > It appears from your above test that the expected group is 'daemon'. > This is strange as in Debian/Ubuntu , it is normally 'list' which is why > in your Exim config you have MM_GID=list. You could try MM_GID=daemon to > fix this. > > The Debian/Ubuntu package has patches to avoid the group mismatch test > if the real gid of the caller is < 100 or = 65534. > > My recomendation, especially if you want help from this list is to junk > the Ubuntu package and install from source. > Actually, you've just woken me up - install from source :-) I just don't seem to get things right with packages I am not sure how to manipulate because I am not too familiar with the OS. I just did not think about installing from source, because I was relying on all the supposedly working HOWTOs online, so I wanted to leave the ecosystem as natural as possible. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft." ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
