On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 18:40 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm getting the following error after I configured mailman as per > instructions. Can someone please shed light on this? I can give you > system details -- please just ask. > > Many thanks, > jim > > > 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 suspect you omitted either Step 1 or Step 2 of the INSTALL instructions: Step 1: - Add a new user called `mailman'. ... - Add a new group called `mailman'. ... Step 2: TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF THE --with-mail-gid AND --with-cgi-gid OPTIONS BELOW. ... > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ -- John Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------ 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/