[Mailman-Users] mailman-owner,aaryn at ag.arizona.edu,lab

[Chuck Dale]

Hi Aaryn,

I had the same problem when upgrading to 2.0b4.

I forgot to insert the cron job as specified in INSTALL. Until then all
posts failed silently. 

Chuck

Wrote Aaryn Olsson on Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 04:05:32PM -0700:
> Dear mailman-users,
> 
> I am upgrading from mailman-1.1 to 2.0beta4 and am having a very difficult 
> and confusing time getting mailman to behave properly.
> 
> I issued the following commands to install mailman from the source directory:
> 	./configure --with-mail-gid=mailman --with-cgi-gid=nobody 
> --prefix=/home/guest/mailman
> 	sendmail stop
> 	make install
> 	sendmail start
> 
> I successfully created a list (abc_test) and subscribed myself.  I received 
> a message indicating the fact (See Item 1 below), but was unable to receive 
> messages sent to the list.
> 
> Item 1:
>  From my inbox:
> 	Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:49:45 -0700 (MST)
> 	From: abc_test-request at Ag.Arizona.Edu
> 	To: aaryn at Ag.Arizona.Edu
> 	Subject: Welcome to the "Abc_test" mailing list
> 
> 	Welcome to the Abc_test at Ag.Arizona.Edu mailing list!
> 
> When I send a message to the list, nothing happens.  No errors are produced 
> in any logs that I know of, no bounces are sent to myself as list 
> subscriber nor as mailman-owner (See Item 2).
> 
> Item 2:
> Directory of mailman logs (note no errors, and no activity since the 
> successful list subscription)
> 	-rw-rw-r--   1 root     mailman        0 Jul 31 14:50 error
> 	-rw-rw-r--   1 root     mailman      150 Jul 31 14:49 smtp
> 	-rw-rw-r--   1 root     mailman       64 Jul 31 14:49 subscribe
> 
> 
> A message is logged to syslog that indicates the mail was sent (See Item 3).
> 
> Item 3:
>  From sylog:
> 	Jul 31 15:26:59 ag sendmail[28557]: [ID 801593 mail.info] 
> PAA28554: 	to="|/home/guest/mailman/mail/wrapper post abc_test", 
> delay=00:00:01, 	xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, stat=Sent
> 
> But it just disappears.  No messages pertaining to mailman are held in the 
> mail queue (We use sendmail 8.9.3).  When I run mail/wrapper post from the 
> command line, I get the error "Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 259, GOT 
> gid 0.  (Reconfigure to take 0?)."  When I run bin/check_perms, I get the 
> message, "No problems found."  This is what the permissions are on my mail 
> and scripts directory:
> 
> 
> 	ag: /home/guest/mailman/ > ls -al mail
> 	total 76
> 	drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul 31 15:25 ./
> 	drwxrwsr-x  17 mailman  mailman      512 Jul 31 14:49 ../
> 	-rwxr-sr-x   1 root     mailman    36780 Jul 31 15:25 wrapper*
> 
> 	ag: /home/guest/mailman/ > ls -al scripts
> 	total 54
> 	drwxrwsr-x   2 root     mailman      512 Jul 31 15:25 ./
> 	drwxrwsr-x  17 mailman  mailman      512 Jul 31 14:49 ../
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman     1507 Jul 31 15:25 answer_majordomo_mail
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman     9515 Jul 31 15:25 driver
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman     2351 Jul 31 15:25 mailcmd
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman     2502 Jul 31 15:25 mailowner
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman     1537 Jul 31 15:24 paths.py
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman      285 Jul 31 15:26 paths.pyc
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root     mailman     3302 Jul 31 15:25 post
> 
> Okay, So I decide to reconfigure like it suggests: (Reconfigure to take 0?)
> 
> So I go back to the mailman source and type the following commands:
> 
> 	rm -rf /home/guest/mailman/*
> 	./configure --with-mail-gid=0 --with-cgi-gid=nobody 
> --prefix=/home/guest/mailman
> 	/etc/rc2.d/S88sendmail stop
> 	make install
> 	/etc/rc2.d/S88sendmail start
> 	echo hi | mail abc_test
> 
> Now, at least, the bounce message comes to mailman-owner, but it says this:
> Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 259.  (Reconfigure to take 
> 259?)554 "|/home/guest/mailman/mail/wrapper post abc_test"... unknown 
> mailer error 2
> 
> What the *$%# is going on here?
> 
> --sound of someone screaming, the telltale rain of a man pulling out his hair--
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> Aaryn Olsson
> University of Arizona
> College of Agriculture
> System Administrator
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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