[Mailman-Users] Problem sending & receiving list messages (Exim 4.1, MM2.1, Mac OS X server 10.2.3) SOLVED

[Iain Donaldson]

Folks:

Turns out this problem was an incorrect setuid preference on the exim
binary. Applying 'chmod u+s' to the exim binary solved the problem.

Schoolboy error, it would appear!

Cheers

..Iain

> Folks:
>
> I've just 'completed' (hmmm) an installation of mailman with Exim 4.1 on
> MacOS X Server 10.2.3 and although mailman is configured and runs ok,
> mail messages are not getting from exim into Mailman.
>
> The error message(s) I get in Exim are:
>
> 2003-01-12 23:41:13 H8MK2L-0004F3-00 unable to set gid=1025 or uid=1027
> (euid=25): local delivery to test-list <test-list at neonnumbers.com>
> transport=mailman_transport
> 2003-01-12 23:41:13 H8MK2L-0004F3-00 failed to read delivery status for
> test-list at neonnumbers.com from delivery subprocess
>
> The gid and uid numbers are the mailman group and user respectively.
>
> Mailman is installed in a virtual host configuration with a separate
> copy of Mailman for each domain within the Mailman user directory, e.g.:
>
> /Users/mailman/neonnumbers.com contains the Mailman installation for
> neonnumbers.com
> /Users/mailman/other-domain.com contains the Mailman installation for
> other-domain.com
> Etc
>
> The config for Exim is from the 'how-to' docs and is a router as
> follows:
>
> ### Router forMailman mail lists ###
>
>  mailman_router:
>    driver = accept
>    require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/${domain}/lists/$local_part/config.pck
> local_part_suffix_optional
>    local_part_suffix = -bounces : -bounces+* : \
>                        -confirm+* : -join : -leave : \
>                        -owner : -request : -admin
>     transport = mailman_transport
>
> Which I think is working fine. The problem seems to be in the transport
> configuration:
>
> ## Transport for Mailman ####
>
>  mailman_transport:
>    driver = pipe
>    command = MAILMAN_HOME/${domain}/mail/mailman \
>              '${if def:local_part_suffix \
>                     {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \
>                    {post}}' \
>              $local_part
>    current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME/${domain}
>    home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME/${domain}
>    user = MAILMAN_USER
>    group = MAILMAN_GROUP
>
> (where MAILMAN_HOME is /User/mailman and the MAILMAN_USER and
> MAILMAN_GROUP are 'mailman')
>
> I have checked all the configuration with respect to Mailman and all
> seems fine (e.g. Check_perms reports all is well).
>
> This looks like it's a permissions thing either in mailman or Exim, but
> I'm a bit stumped thus far - any help or guidance appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ..Iain
> --
> Iain Donaldson
> iain at neonnumbers.com
>
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