Yep, it's Postfix. Yep, there are two different files. /etc/postfix/aliases is owned by root.root /etc/postfix/aliases.db is owned by root.root
/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases is owned by root.mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases is owned by mailman.mailman When I first configured Mailman, I tried to use mail-gid=postfix (or the GID number) and it didn't work. > >When I create a new list from the web and try to post to it, I get this > >message: > > > >Failed (Command died with status 2: > >"/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test7". Command output: Group > >mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be > >executed as group "mailman", but the system's mail server executed > >the mail script as group "nobody". Try tweaking the mail server to > >run the script as group "mailman", or re-run configure, providing > >the command line option `--with-mail-gid) > > > >I look at the ownership of new lists and they are apache mailman. That > >is the only difference I see between new lists and other lists that > >were migrated, which have permissons mailman.mailman. So, I changed > >the ownership of the new lists and tried to post and get the same > >message. > > > This is not related to the ownership of the lists. > > It is also not related to anything in the Apache config. > > > >I am a bit confused as to whether I need to run configure again, using > >'nobody' as the mail-gid or something else is going on. > > > Maybe, but if that's all you do, the new lists will work and the old > lists won't. > > Is this Postfix? Are the aliases in two different files? > > Postfix executes the mail wrapper with the user:group of the owner of > the alias files in which the alias is found. > > If aliases are split in two files with different ownership, one set > won't work. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > -- Christopher Adams [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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
