[Mailman-Users] Error messages using Postfix v.2.0.6

Marilyn Davis marilyn at deliberate.com
Fri Mar 21 22:11:27 CET 2003




On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Ted Dively wrote:

> Mailman v.2.1.1
> Postfix v.2.0.6
> Python v.2.2.2
> 
> I get this error from the mail server:
> 
> <mailman at zaius.groupd.com>: Command died with status 2:
>      "/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman". Command output:  
> Group
>      mismatch error.  Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be  
> executed as
>      group "mailman", but the system's mail server executed the mail  
> script as
>      group "nobody".  Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as  
> group
>      "mailman", or re-run configure,  providing the command line option
>      `--with-mail-gid=nobody'.
> Reporting-MTA: dns; zaius.groupd.com
> Arrival-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:57:54 -0800 (PST)
> 
> But when I reconfigure everything to correct this, I get the same exact  
> error, but with "mailman" and "nobody" swapped. In other words, no  
> matter how I configure mailman, whether with "nobody" or "mailman", it  
> bounced the mail.

Did you do both things?  You should do only one.  Both the mail server
and mailman need to run under the same group.

I think.

> 
> Also, when executing bin/mailmanctl start, I get these errors:
> 
> Starting Mailman's master qrunner.
> [zaius:/usr/local/mailman] ted% Cannot import runner module  
> Mailman.Queue.ArchRunner

Hmmm.  It sounds like you don't have the complete installation, but I
don't know.

Good luck.

Marilyn Davis


> No module named _socket
> Cannot import runner module Mailman.Queue.OutgoingRunner
> No module named _socket
> Cannot import runner moduleCannot import runner module  
> Mailman.Queue.NewsRunner
> No module named _socket
>   Mailman.Queue.IncomingRunner
> No module named _socket
> Cannot import runner module Mailman.Queue.BounceRunner
> No module named _socket
> Cannot import runner module Mailman.Queue.CommandRunner
> No module named _socket
> Cannot import runner module Mailman.Queue.VirginRunner
> No module named _socket
> 
> Can anyone help me figure out what's going on here? I'm pulling out my  
> hair trying to get this installation to work.
> 
> Ted Dively
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