No group id of 'mail' ???

[Tony Facca]

I have just installed 3.1D on a 4D/70GT.  When the system is coming up, I
get two messages:
	
	mail: No group id of 'mail'

Also, each time I login, I get the same message.  Here is what I have checked
so far. The message is coming from /etc/init.d/mail initially, there is
a line which reads:

	chgrp mail . *

if I enter this command (as root in the /usr/mail dir) I get the message:
	
	chgrp: unknown group: mail

so then, I checked /etc/group, where there is indeed an entry for mail which
looks like:
	
	mail::4:root

So, whats the problem??  Any suggestions?  I can change the line in 
/etc/init.d/mail to read:

	chgrp root . *

which would get rid of the messages, but.. what problems might this introduce?

Any suggestions, comments, etc.  are more than welcome.

Also:  Not running YP
       No entry in /etc/passwd for mail  (adding one didn't help anyway)
       Previous OS was 3.1C

Thanks in advance..
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