[Mailman-Users] Mailing list setup

[Todd]

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Mark Haney wrote:
> Yeah I know I probably should build it from source, but really it's
> gonna be a small list and almost no traffic.  I'd much prefer to use the
> RPM version and be done with it.  I'm having an issue getting qrunner to
> start.  Here's the message I'm getting:
>
> [root at pcweb markh]# /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 pcweb markh]#
>
> I've been getting this all day, since I installed Mailman.  Any ideas?
> I have everything else setup, I think but this is keeping me from
> actually using the list.

Yes, that's one of the other deficiencies of the redhat 9 rpm.  You can
either check the archives for this list and read the bugzilla reports about
the problems (and solutions) for the redhat 9 rpm, or you can install
mailman from source and be sure that any problems you have are yours and not
the redhat mailman packager's.

At the very least, you should check out the mailman rpm from rawhide which
is supposed to fix this and the lack of docs problems.  I don't use it
myself so I can't tell you if it creates new problems or not.  Since redhat
hasn't released an errata package for mailman (even though they clearly know
a lot of people can't even get the service to start), I'd say they are not
very focused on ensuring a bug free mailman rpm.  But feel free to suffer
through the grief they'll cause you.  Just know that you will hear more than
a few people here recommend that you install from source.

Please reply to the list so more people can offer solutions and gain from
anything that's added to the archives.

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