[Mailman-Users] Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as group "mailman", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid=nogroup'.

[Jon Carnes]

When Postfix runs it executes the cgi's in the aliases files using the
owner/group of the aliases file.  In postfix you can setup multiple
alias files, so setup one of them to be ~mailman/data/aliases and then
set that file to be group owned by "mailman".  Move your Mailman aliases
to that file.

Now when Postfix runs the alias it will pull it out of that file and use
the group "mailman" to run the cgi.  Problem solved.

Take care - Jon Carnes

On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 18:56, Christian Eichert wrote:
> I am using mailman debian woody
> 
> mailman version is: 2.0.11-1woody8
> postfix version is: 1.1.11-0.woody3
> 
> I installed the postfix and the mailman from apt-get stable on a linux 
> woody system.
> 
> after I created the lists I run genaliases
> 
> root:/usr/local/mailman/bin# ./genaliases
> To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases 
> (or equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly
> running the `newaliases' program:
> 
> I was surprised that genaliases did not create /data/aliases
> 
> I did it
> I updated my /etc/aliases
> 
> ## mailman mailing list
> mailman:            "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
> mailman-admin:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
> mailman-bounces:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"
> mailman-confirm:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"
> mailman-join:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
> mailman-leave:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
> mailman-owner:      "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
> mailman-request:    "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"
> mailman-subscribe:  "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"
> mailman-unsubscribe:"|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"
> 
> and run newaliases
> 
> after i tryed to send a mail to the list I got this :
> 
> Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as group
> "mailman", but the system's mail server executed the mail script as 
> group "nogroup". Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as group
> "mailman", or re-run configure, providing the command line option
> `--with-mail-gid=nogroup'.
> 
> does someone know what to do about this ?
>