* Phil Pennock <Phil.Pennock@???>:
> On 2001-05-10 at 10:22 -0700, Marc Mims gifted us with:
> > $ echo 'test' | mail root
> > 2001-05-10 10:03:29 14xtqb-0000jT-00 majordomo_aliases director:
> > failed to open /usr/local/majordomo/lists/lists.aliases
> > for linear search: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> >
> > User `mail' has uid 8; group `mail' has gid 8.
> >
> > FWIW, `mail' is a member of group `majordom'; `majordom' is a
> > member of group `mail'.
>
> But is majordom the primary group of user mail? I suspect not.
>
> > # ls -l /usr/local/majordomo/lists/lists.aliases
> > -rw-rw---- 1 majordom majordom 600 May 9 15:42
>
> So if majordom isn't the primary group, you'll need to ensure that
> secondary groups are initialised.
>
> > majordomo_aliases:
> > driver = aliasfile
> > file = /usr/local/majordomo/lists/lists.aliases
> > user = majordom
> > group = majordom
> > search_type = lsearch
>
> Add:
> initgroups
>
> to that.
After adding `initgrops = true', the problem still persists. No
change.
-Marc
