[Mailman-Users] set gid didn't work?

[Nigel Metheringham]

On 05 Jun 2001 08:58:04 -0700, Amanda wrote:
> > >Jun  4 16:49:58 tux qmail: 991698598.174168 delivery 5: deferral:
> > >Failure_to_exec_script._WANTED_gid_12,_GOT_gid_401.__(Reconfigure_to_take_401?)
> > >
> > >The kicker is, there *is* no group with gid 401. So I'm a little baffled...
> > >What do I need to do to fix this?

As I recall, qmail hardwires a batch of its uids and gids when its
built, so you can easily have a running qmail using group 401 with no
group 401 defined on your system :-)

Try
    ./configure ... -with-mail-gid=401

    Nigel.

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