[Mailman-Users] New Mailman user on RedHat 9.0

[Richard Barrett]

On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 08:35  pm, Michael D. Hensley wrote:

> I asked:
>
>> I'm attempting to use Mailman on RedHat Linux 9.0. I installed it as
>> part of the initial installation of RedHat, via the RPM that came on
>> the CD.
> [additional details deleted]
>
> John Carnes responded (thanks!):
>
>> Did you startup the Mailman daemon: /var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start
>>
>> Your log trace shows that your mail is being delivered to
>> Mailman. So your aliases are setup properly and working.
>
> Attempts to start the Mailman daemon give the following error messages:
>
> [root at sl101 root]#  /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 sl101 root]#
>
> ...which is the same error I get when I try "/bin/check_perms".
>
> I don't know python (a situation which I intend to remedy soon), but
> this appears to be doing a "getgrnam" to make sure the MAILMAN_GROUP is
> (I'm guessing) in /etc/group? There is a line in /etc/group that
> contains
> mailnam:x:41:
>
>  The "mailman" entry in /etc/passwd look like this:
>
> mailman:x:41:41:GNU Mailing List Manager:/var/mailman:/bin/false
>
> Any further suggestions?
>

http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg18532.html

may be relevant

> Thanks!
>
> ---
> Michael D. Hensley
> IT Supervisor
> Fremont Community Church
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