[Mailman-Users] configure problems

[John W Baxter]

At 15:12 -0500 7/16/2002, Tom Lynch wrote:
>Python 2.2.1 (#1, Jul 16 2002, 13:08:19)
>[GCC 3.0.4] on sunos5
>
>When I run configure, I get:
>
>...
>checking for mailman UID... Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "conftest.py", line 1, in ?
>    import pwd, string
>ImportError: No module named pwd

Here is the underlying error...the pwd ("password") module could not be
imported.

So it couldn't be used to find the mailman user.

Determine why the pwd module...a standard part of Python...isn't available.


>cat: cannot open conftest.out
Cat in lap, so typing briefly.

>
>configure: error:
>***** No "mailman" user found!
>***** Your system must have a "mailman" user defined
>***** (usually in your /etc/passwd file).  Please see the INSTALL
>***** file for details.
>
>
>But mailman is valid...

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John Baxter   jwblist at olympus.net      Port Ludlow, WA, USA