On 01/08/2011 Odhiambo Washington wrote > What is the output of this command on your system: > > grep www /etc/group
Here is the output: [root@foo ~]# grep www /etc/group www:*:80:www [root@foo ~]# Thanks! --R > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 23:27, Rekhesh Mohan <r...@iiap.res.in> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I've been fiddling with mailman 2.1.14 (from freebsd ports) on free > > BSD 8.2. Everything seems to be fine so far except for the web > > based stuff. I get the following error when I try to access the > > page: > > > > http://this.great.site/mailman/listinfo > > > > -------<error>-------- > > Mailman CGI error!!! > > > > The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is > > being stored in your syslog: > > Failure to find group name for GID 80. Mailman > > expected the CGI wrapper to be executed as group > > "www", but the system's web server executed the > > wrapper as GID 80 for which the name could not be > > found. Try adding GID 80 to your system as "www", > > or tweak your web server to run the wrapper as group > > "www". > > -------</error>--------- > > > > This system has a www user and gid is 80 (group = www). In the > > first attempt, I let freebsd choose its own configure-arguments > > and later I tried it myself. Error remained the same. > > > > AFAIK, src/common.c is checking the GID with getgid() followed by > > getgrgid(). Now, my machine uses blowfish instead of md5 for > > passwd. getgid() is returning 80 - which is fine since i have > > gid(www) = 80 on my system. However, getgrgid(gid) returns null > > :-| I gave up my fight at that point and decided to ask for help > > :) > > > > I tried to figure out the behaviour of these functions with a small > > test code: getgrgid() returns gr_passwd = * for blowfish, and > > gr_passwd = x for md5. Is that an issue with mailman or am I > > making mistakes somewhere else in the installation? My apache > > config is given below (I followed the steps in installation doc.) > > > > Thanks in advance..! > > > > ---------<apache-config4mailman>---------------- > > ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/" > > Alias /pipermail/ "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/" > > > > <Directory "/usr/local/mailman"> > > > > Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI > > AllowOverride None > > Order allow,deny > > Allow from all > > > > </Directory> > > > > RedirectMatch ^/mailman[/]*$ > > http://this.great.site/mailman/listinfo/ > > ---------</apache-config4mailman>---------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > > Searchable Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > Unsubscribe: > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/odhiambo%40gma > > il.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
