Re: Tasks run as root in SpamAssassin 3.1.0

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:11:34PM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > spamd is designed to really not do a lot in the parent (which runs as > root), and farm processing and such out to the children (which setuid() > to the appropriate user). > > - accept connection and figure out enough to setuid to

Tasks run as root in SpamAssassin 3.1.0

Hello, I run a SpamAssassin installation where we run spamd system-wide under a dedicated account, and users filter their mail with spamc. When we upgraded to 3.1.0, we noticed that a spamd process always runs as root now. I found the rationale for this at

Re: Tasks run as root in SpamAssassin 3.1.0

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:45:44PM -0500, Brett Smith wrote: > I found the rationale for this at > , and it makes > plenty of sense. I was wondering if it'd be possible to get a rough > outline of what tasks spamd runs as root, however, s

Re: Tasks run as root in SpamAssassin 3.1.0

Brett Smith wrote: > Hello, > > I run a SpamAssassin installation where we run spamd system-wide under a > dedicated account, and users filter their mail with spamc. When we > upgraded to 3.1.0, we noticed that a spamd process always runs as root > now. The should only be root when idle. They sh

Tasks run as root in SpamAssassin 3.1.0

Hello, I run a SpamAssassin installation where we run spamd system-wide under a dedicated account, and users filter their mail with spamc. When we upgraded to 3.1.0, we noticed that a spamd process always runs as root now. I found the rationale for this at