Re: mail/spamassassin config option AS_ROOT is confusing

2016-12-22 Thread Mike Brown
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 05:16:32PM -0700, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > On 20 Dec, 2016, at 16:51, RW wrote: > > > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:53:43 -0700 > > Mike Brown wrote: > > > >> The AS_ROOT option in the mail/spamassassin port is really confusing > >> to me. Given that its description is "Run

Re: mail/spamassassin config option AS_ROOT is confusing

2016-12-20 Thread Adam Weinberger
> On 20 Dec, 2016, at 16:51, RW wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:53:43 -0700 > Mike Brown wrote: > >> The AS_ROOT option in the mail/spamassassin port is really confusing >> to me. Given that its description is "Run spamd as root >> (recommended)", what actually happens is somewhat bonkers: >>

Re: mail/spamassassin config option AS_ROOT is confusing

2016-12-20 Thread RW via freebsd-ports
On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:53:43 -0700 Mike Brown wrote: > The AS_ROOT option in the mail/spamassassin port is really confusing > to me. Given that its description is "Run spamd as root > (recommended)", what actually happens is somewhat bonkers: > > The main spamd process always runs as root. If AS_

mail/spamassassin config option AS_ROOT is confusing

2016-12-20 Thread Mike Brown
The AS_ROOT option in the mail/spamassassin port is really confusing to me. Given that its description is "Run spamd as root (recommended)", what actually happens is somewhat bonkers: The main spamd process always runs as root. If AS_ROOT is enabled, then the child processes who do all the work