At 10:45 16/10/2002, Hennie Rautenbach wrote: >OS Solaris 8 >Version: mailman-2.0.13 >Python: 2.2.1 > >I have created the mailman user (uid 110) and the mailman group (gid 15) > >When I run configure (as the mailman user) I get the following output: > >(Stuff excluded at the top) > >checking for true... /bin/true >checking for --without-gcc... no >checking for gcc... /usr/local/bin/gcc >checking whether the C compiler (/usr/local/bin/gcc ) works... yes >checking whether the C compiler (/usr/local/bin/gcc ) is a >cross-compiler... no >checking whether we are using GNU C... yes >checking whether /usr/local/bin/gcc accepts -g... yes >checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes >checking for --with-var-prefix... no >checking for --with-username... mailman >checking for mailman UID... Traceback (most recent call last): > File "conftest.py", line 1, in ? > import pwd, string >ImportError: No module named pwd >cat: cannot open conftest.out > >configure: error: >***** No "mailman" user found! >***** Your system must have a "mailman" user defined >***** (usually in your /etc/passwd file). Please see the INSTALL >***** file for details. > >I can confirm that the mailman user and group exist. I can log in fine as >"mailman". > >What am I doing wrong here ? > >Any advice or help will be much appreciated. > >Regards, > >Hennie (first time mailman user)
Your problem is a Python installation one rather than a Mailman one. See this archived post to this list for more explanation: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg11920.html ------------------------------------------------------ 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/