It does access /usr/share/spamassassin stuff. The error messages about it trying to do stuff in /root on startup occur when it tries to precompile its regexes -- you can basically ignore them in the startup stuff. If you see errors further on in spamd logs then you might have an actual problem.
C On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 10:10, Jeffrey Bacon wrote: > Why does the spamd have to access a dir on /root? Wouldn't it make more > sense (and be more secure) to have it access (for example) > /usr/share/spamassassin/default_prefs or something? > > Ed Kasky wrote: > > > Is the path navigable by the group "mail". ie: both /root and > > /root/.spamassassin/ as well as the file? > > > > Mine looks like this: > > $ ls -al /root > > drwxrwxrw- 27 root root 2048 Mar 17 22:27 . > > drwxrwxr-x 20 root wheel 1024 Mar 10 18:20 .. > > drwxrwx--- 3 root wheel 1024 Mar 10 19:34 .spamassassin > > > > And now that I look at it I hope it's not too open.... > > > > Ed > > At 12:10 PM Tuesday, 3/19/2002, you wrote -=> > > > >> ok, I tried setting /root/.spamassassin/* including subdirs as rw by > >> ALL and setting thier group membership to 'mail' (same as my mail > >> user who spamd is running as) still get: > >> > >> Mar 19 11:56:08 bacon spamd[22447]: connection from localhost [ > >> 127.0.0.1 ] at port 45093 > >> Mar 19 11:56:08 bacon spamd[23808]: Creating default_prefs > >> [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] > >> Mar 19 11:56:08 bacon spamd[23808]: Couldn't create readable > >> default_prefs for [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] > >> Mar 19 11:56:08 bacon spamd[23808]: clean message (0/5) for root:8 in > >> 0 seconds. > > > > > > Ed Kasky > > Los Angeles, CA > > . . . . . . . . > > If love isn't taught in the home > > it's difficult to learn anywhere else.... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
