[Pkg-exim4-users] help needed on exim4 permission's please.

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2005-10-13 kick <kick at kick.no-ip.info> wrote:
> hi,
> ive got a setup problem and im now on my 9th attempt at setting up 
> mailman with exim4 :(

> im using debian sarge with kernel 2.6.8-2-386 on a firehol box with 
> ipmasq etc
> (exim4 , mailman & apache2 from apt-get sources)
> i ran "update-exim4.conf -o /etc/exim4/exim4.conf" to make my exim4.conf 
> file then added the instructions as in 
> http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html#roconf
[...]
> System Events=-=-=-=-=-=-=Oct 13 15:02:28 irc-mail-firewall Mailman 
> mail-wrapper: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper 
> script to be executed as group "daemon", but the system's mail server 
> executed the mail script as group "mailman". Try tweaking the mail 
[...]

Debian's mailman runs as list:daemon instead of mailman:mailman as
used in <http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html#roconf>. Please
refer to /usr/share/doc/mailman/README.EXIM.gz which is
adapted for Debian's paths and user conventions.
                cu andreas
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