[Mailman-Users] confused by group mismatch

[Chad Rebuck]

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt
<Ralf.Hildebrandt at charite.de> wrote:
> * Chad Rebuck <chadrebuck at gmail.com>:
>> I've had a list running fine for months, but after I restored my
>> complete disk from backup I am getting this message when posting to
>> the list:
>>
>>
>> <a2-16v-list at mail.a2-16v.com>: Command died with status 2:
>>    "/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post a2-16v-list". Command output: Group
>>    mismatch error.  Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as
>>    group "80", but the system's mail server executed the mail script as group
>>    "mailman".  Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as group "80",
>>    or re-run configure,  providing the command line option
>>    `--with-mail-gid=mailman'.
>
> Which MTA is this?
>
>> I've checked the faq here -
>> http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Understanding+group+mismatch+errors+-+how+mailman+implements+security
>>
>> I've also searched around and I'm not really understanding why the
>> group "80" isn't translated to mailman?  Ideas?
>>
>> mailman exists in /etc/group
>>
>> mailman:x:80:
>
> Group 80 = mailman
>
>> mailman exist in /etc/passwd
>>
>> mailman:x:80:80:GNU Mailing List Manager:/usr/lib/mailman:/sbin/nologin
>
> UID 80 = mailman, belonging to group 80 (mailman)
>
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