[Mailman-Users] Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 12. (Reconfigure to take 12?)

[Luke Middle]

configure will be much happier if you provide the number.  It is 
telling you what number to use!  :)  reconfigure with 12.  Dunno how 
your particular passwd is set up but it appears that mail is running 
under gid 12 so...you have a line something like this in /etc/passwd 
"mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:" note the 12, that is the gid 
number.  You prolly want to check the nobody number and have that in 
the --with-cgi-gid= part of configure.

cd <install path>
make clean
./configure --with-mail-gid=12 --with-whatever-other-options
make install

hope this helps,
-L

>I did modify those options.  sendmail deamon is running as root and
>apache is running as nobody.
>
>so
>
>$>./configure --with-mail-gid=root --with-cgi-gid=nobody
>
>The error is complaining that it wanted gid 0 (root) but got gid 12
>(mail)
>
>so I recompiled from scratch w/ --with-mail-gid=mail
>
>Then test it.
>
>I get a subscription email, i reply, but don't get a confirmation reply.
>I have that option set for this list as well.
>
>Am i misinterpreting what it means by --with-mail/cgi-gid????
>
>thanx,
>
>
>
>On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 14:12, Tom Whiting wrote:
>>  On Monday 12 August 2002 03:28 pm, Support wrote:
>>
>>
>>  >   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>  > Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 12.  (Reconfigure to take
>>  > 12?)
>>  > 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 2
>>  >
>>  Imagine that, it even told you how to fix the error.
>>  Try reading docs next time before you send mails to the list eh?
>>  "
>>      TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF THE --with-mail-gid AND --with-cgi-gid
>>      OPTIONS BELOW.  YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED TO USE THESE!
>>  "
>>  So, reconfigure with the correct gid.
>>
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