[Mailman-Users] startup error

[Richard Barrett]

On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 10:06  pm, Matthew Kitchin wrote:

> Hello,
> I have an older redhat box running mailman and sendmail that I am 
> replacing.
> I have built a new redhat 9 box with postfix and mailman installed 
> during
> the initial OS installation. I can't get mailman to startup properly. 
> It
> appears to me running 2.1
> running
> [root at mail root]# /sbin/service mailman start
>
> Returns this:
> 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
>
> Can anyone tell me how to go about fixing this?
>

Checking the searchable archives for this list and the FAQ is sometimes 
worthwhile. For instance, see:

http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg19516.html

> Thanks,
> Matthew