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<strong>TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF THE --with-mail-gid AND --with-cgi-gid
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used. By default, the value is the list <tt>other daemon</tt>.
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<p><dt>--with-cgi-gid=<em>group-or-groups</em>
<dd>Specify an alternative group for running scripts via the
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<em>extension</em> must include the dot.
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