[Mailman-Users] Mailing list setup

[Mark Haney]

Todd wrote:
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> Mark Haney wrote:
>> Yeah I know I probably should build it from source, but really it's
>> gonna be a small list and almost no traffic.  I'd much prefer to use
>> the RPM version and be done with it.  I'm having an issue getting
>> qrunner to start.  Here's the message I'm getting:
>> 
>> [root at pcweb markh]# /var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start Traceback
>>   (most recent call last): File "/var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line
>>   524, in ?     main() File "/var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 319,
>>   in main     check_privs() File "/var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line
>>     274, in check_privs gid = grp.getgrnam(mm_cfg.MAILMAN_GROUP)[2]
>> KeyError: getgrnam(): name not found
>> [root at pcweb markh]#
>> 
>> I've been getting this all day, since I installed Mailman.  Any
>> ideas? I have everything else setup, I think but this is keeping me
>> from actually using the list.
> 
> Yes, that's one of the other deficiencies of the redhat 9 rpm.  You
> can either check the archives for this list and read the bugzilla
> reports about the problems (and solutions) for the redhat 9 rpm, or
> you can install mailman from source and be sure that any problems you
> have are yours and not the redhat mailman packager's.    
> 
> At the very least, you should check out the mailman rpm from rawhide
> which is supposed to fix this and the lack of docs problems.  I don't
> use it myself so I can't tell you if it creates new problems or not. 
> Since redhat hasn't released an errata package for mailman (even
> though they clearly know a lot of people can't even get the service
> to start), I'd say they are not very focused on ensuring a bug free
> mailman rpm.  But feel free to suffer through the grief they'll cause
> you.  Just know that you will hear more than a few people here
> recommend that you install from source.        
> 
> Please reply to the list so more people can offer solutions and gain
> from anything that's added to the archives. 
> 
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I apologize, I thought I was replying to the list.  Well, I'll give the
Rawhide version a shot and see what happens.  I'm not against building
from source, but since one RPM is already on there, upgrading it
shouldn't kill anything.  I'll let you know how it goes if you are
interested.