[Mailman-Users] Odd CGI problem

[matt at giampapa.com]

Ok, fixed it... forgot to Load the cgi module.. duh

Thanks,
Matt

> Thanks Mark, unfortunately these changes still yield the same output. I
> didn't put 2 and 2 together about it just displaying the file. At least
> now I know apache isn't trying to execute it.
>
> Anyone else have an idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>> matt at giampapa.com wrote:
>>>
>>>I'm installing mailman on FreeBSD 6.0 from ports and using apache
>>> 2.0.55.
>>>I have the following in the virtual host definition.
>>>
>>>    ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/"
>>>    ScriptAlias /pipermail/ "/usr/local/mailmain/archives/public/"
>>
>> This should be
>>
>>     Alias /pipermail/ "/usr/local/mailmain/archives/public/"
>>
>> not ScriptAlias.
>>
>>
>>>    <Directory "/www/lists/mailman">
>>
>>
>> This should be
>>
>>     <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin">
>>
>>
>>>        AllowOverride None
>>>        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
>>>        Order allow,deny
>>>        Allow from all
>>>    </Directory>
>>>    <Directory "/www/lists/pipermail">
>>
>> This should be
>>
>>     <Directory "/usr/local/mailmain/archives/public">
>>
>>
>>>        AllowOverride None
>>>        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
>>
>> Should be
>>
>>         Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
>>
>>
>>>        Order allow,deny
>>>        Allow from all
>>>    </Directory>
>>>    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
>>
>>
>> All this does is treat any files with .cgi extensions as cgi programs.
>> This is not normally reqired for Mailman.
>>
>>
>>>However, when I try to access /mailman/admin or /mailman/listinfo I get
>>>alot of garbage... then this
>>>
>>>Mailman CGI error!!!
>>>
>>>--with-cgi-gidwebCGImail--with-mail-gid-S%sThe Mailman CGI wrapper
>>>encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored in your
>>> syslog:Group
>>>mismatch error. Mailman expected the %s wrapper script to be executed as
>>>group "%s", but the system's %s server executed the %s script as group
>>>"%s". Try tweaking the %s server to run the script as group "%s", or
>>>re-run configure, providing the command line option `%s=%s'.Failure to
>>>find group name %s. Try adding this group to your system, or re-run
>>>configure, providing an existing group name with the command line option
>>>%s.wwwlistinfodriverMailman cgi-wrapper (listinfo)$FreeBSD:
>>>src/lib/csu/i386-elf/crtn.S,v 1.6 2005/05/19
>>>
>>>followed by more garbage.
>>
>>
>> It looks like what you are getting is the result of Apache 'displaying'
>> the contents of the wrapper instead of executing it.
>>
>> This may be the result of some of the above errors
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
>> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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