[Mailman-Users] set gid didn't work?

peter horst phorst at ointment.org
Tue Jun 5 03:27:01 CEST 2001


On Jun 4, 17:06PM, Amanda wrote:
> I'm trying to send messages to my test list and they're not going through. The
> log is giving the following:
> 
> Jun  4 16:49:58 tux Mailman mail-wrapper: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid
> 12, GOT
> gid 401.  (Reconfigure to take 401?)
> Jun  4 16:49:58 tux qmail: 991698598.174168 delivery 5: deferral:
> Failure_to_exec_script._WANTED_gid_12,_GOT_gid_401.__(Reconfigure_to_take_401?)
> 
> The kicker is, there *is* no group with gid 401. So I'm a little baffled...
> What do I need to do to fix this?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> =)
> Amanda
> 
> 
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*warning, i'm right there with you on the learning curve*

That happened to me, too.  I reconfigured with the setting
--with-mail-gid=nofiles (which for me was the gid the server "GOT"), and
everything worked out. (qmail on RH7.0)

Hope that leads you in the right direction,

Peter Horst




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