Generally Sendmail is installed by default to use UID=mail and GID=mail. You obviously know how to look in the /etc/sendmail.cf file to see what the current GID is.
If the GroupID used by Sendmail is "mail" then re-install mailman using the ./configure --with-mail-gid=mail Good Luck - Jon Carnes BTW - this in the FAQ On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 12:22, Dave Stern - Former Rocket Scientist wrote: > I'm having the devil of a time getting mailman to work with sendmail. It > compiles and installs ok but contstantly bickers about > > Mailman expected the mail > wrapper script to be executed as group "other", but > the system's mail server executed the mail script as > group "mailman". Try tweaking the mail server to run the > script as group "other", or re-run configure, > providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid=mailman'. > > Details; have mailman account,group, homedir sgid, > ./configure --prefix=/etc/mailman --with-mail-gid=mailman --with-cgi-gid=mailman > make > make install > cd $PREFIX/bin > ./check_perms -f > ./check_perms -f > first time finds and corrects all the template errors, second runs clean > web page is accessible, can create list eg listname mailman > but no notification is sent to the list owner > > > ln -s /etc/mailman/mail/mailman /var/adm/sm.bin > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain sm-mta[29735]: [ID 801593 mail.info] h23GvO5302973 > 5: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=660, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200303031656.h23 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=anotherhost [128.8.120. > 201] > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain Mailman mail-wrapper: [ID 702911 mail.error] Group > mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain wrapper script to be executed as group "mailman", > but > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain the system's mail server executed the mail script > as > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain group "other". Try tweaking the mail server to ru > n the > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain script as group "mailman", or re-run configure, > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid > =other'. > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain sm-mta[29736]: [ID 801593 mail.info] h23GvO5302973 > 5: to="|/etc/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman", ctladdr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (1/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=30902, dsn=5.3.0, stat > =unknown mailer error 2 > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain sm-mta[29736]: [ID 801593 mail.info] h23GvO5302973 > 5: h23GvP53029736: DSN: unknown mailer error 2 > Mar 3 11:57:25 myhost.domain sm-mta[29736]: [ID 801593 mail.info] h23GvP5302973 > 6: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=31926, > relay=anotherhost. [128.8.120.201], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h23Gucm8027833 Mes > sage accepted for delivery) > > > % ls -l /etc/mailman/mail/mailman > -rwxr-sr-x 1 mailman mailman 25736 Mar 3 11:45 /etc/mailman/mail/mailman > > Even tried modifying sendmail.cf to use > O DefaultUser=mailman but I REALLY don't wanna do that. > > Tried rebuilding with --with-mail-gid=other. Anyone else come across this? > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > David Stern University of Maryland > Institute for Advanced Computer Studies > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
