Mailman CGI error!!!

[hostbet]

Mailman CGI error!!!
The expected gid of the Mailman CGI wrapper did not match the gid as set by the Web server.
The most likely cause is that Mailman was configured and installed incorrectly. Please read the INSTALL instructions again, paying close attention to the --with-cgi-gid configure option. This entry is being stored in your syslog:

Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 99, GOT gid -1. (Reconfigure to take -1?)

 

[awsol]

At shell type

pico /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Scroll down until you find this section.

#
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
#
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# . On SCO (ODT 3) use &User nouser& and &Group nogroup&.
# . On HPUX you may not be able to use shared memory as nobody, and the
# suggested workaround is to create a user www and use that user.
# NOTE that some kernels refuse to setgid(Group) or semctl(IPC_SET)
# when the value of (unsigned)Group is above 60000;
# don't use Group &#-1& on these systems!
#
User nobody
Group &nobody&

User and group should be nobody. I think the apache default is -1 or it may be 99. I forget but just change them both to nobody and restart apache.

Hope this helps you.

 

[hostbet]

Yes it works now!

Question

What the Group &#-1& means, I like to know what I just dasable or anable.

 

[feanor]

Check this out, it should help explain things a bit:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html