[Mailman-Users] Group mismatch error

[David Blomquist]

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 15:29, David Relson wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2004 14:22:45 -0500
> David Blomquist wrote:
> 
> > I am getting the following error message but my mail server (Postfix)
> > is not set up as group "apache". Anybody have an idea why I am getting
> > this error message?
> > 
> > 
> > This is the Postfix program at host 'my.mail.host.
> > 
> > I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
> > below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
> > 
> > For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>
> > 
> > If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
> > delete your own text from the message returned below.
> > 
> >                         The Postfix program
> > 
> > <mb_two-request at my.mail.host.com>: Command died with status 2:
> >     "/var/mailman/mail/mailman request mb_two". Command output: Group
> > mismatch
> >     error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as
> > one of
> >     the following groups: [mail, nobody, mailman], but the system's
> >     mail
> > server
> >     executed the mail script as group: "apache". Try tweaking the mail
> > server
> >     to run the script as one of these groups: [mail, nobody, mailman],
> > or
> >     re-run configure providing the command line option:
> >     '--with-mail-gid=apache'.
> 
> Sounds familiar!  Check the ownership of the aliases file, i.e.
> /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.  If recollection serves, postfix sets the
> gid to match that file when it invokes mailman.
> 

I checked the ownership of the alias file and it was apache.mailman. I
changed it to mailman.mailman (I assume this is correct) and the error
stopped. I am still wondering how it got to be apache.mailman in the
first place, though.

Many thanks!

David
> 
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