[Mailman-Users] mailman on freeBSD 8.2: getgrgid error

[Mark Sapiro]

Rekhesh Mohan wrote:
>
>AFAIK, src/common.c is checking the GID with getgid() followed by 
>getgrgid(). Now, my machine uses blowfish instead of md5 for passwd. 
>getgid() is returning 80 - which is fine since i have gid(www) = 80 on my 
>system. However, getgrgid(gid) returns null :-|  I gave up my fight at 
>that point and decided to ask for help :)


This appears to be a C library/OS issue that has nothing to do with
Mailman. getgrgid(gid) should return a struct group for the group
whose ID is gid. This structure should contain the information which
is a representation of the fields in the /etc/groups record for that
gid. If gid is valid, the return from getgrgid(gid) should not be null.


>I tried to figure out the behaviour of these functions with a small test 
>code: getgrgid() returns gr_passwd = * for blowfish, and gr_passwd = x 
>for md5. Is that an issue with mailman or am I making mistakes somewhere 
>else in the installation?


Mailman only cares about getgrgid()->gr_name.

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