[Mailman-Users] Group mismatch error

[David Relson]

On Wed, 19 May 2004 16:51:57 -0500
David Blomquist wrote:

> 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

David,

Glad to help.  I'm still a mailman newbie.  I started climbing the
learning curve a month or so back and some of the lessons are still
fresh in my mind. Passing on what I've learned is the least I can do :-)

Regards,

David