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 > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/
