Okey doke. I changed the switches, as you mentioned, and I still got the same error. What's curious is that it isn't having any problems creating auto-whitelist.db or auto-whitelist.lock. They look like this, permission-wise.
-rw------- 1 spamc root 0 Apr 3 13:14 /home/spamc/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.db -rw-r--r-- 1 spamc root 17 Apr 3 13:14 /home/spamc/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 13:03, CertaintyTech - Ed Henderson wrote: > rearrange the spamd switches to: > > spamd -d -c -a -u spamc -F1 > > the other day I was playing with spamd and saw that -F must be last > otherwise any switch after it is ignored. If this is true in your case then > this must be submitted as a bug. > > -- > Ed. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shane Hickey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:48 PM > > To: CertaintyTech - Ed Henderson > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [SAtalk] auto-whitelist problem > > > > > > Hmm... I changed the way I start spamd to "spamd -d -c -a -F1 -u spamc" > > and then restarted spamd. I got the same thing, > > > > Starting spamd: Cannot open auto_whitelist_path > > /home/spamc/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist: Permission denied > > > > On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 12:05, CertaintyTech - Ed Henderson wrote: > > > Try adding the -c option to spamd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Howdy all, I'm sure I'm doing something stupid, but I can't > > get spamd to > > > > start when I specify -a. > > > > > > > > I start spamd like so "spamd -d -x -F1 -u spamc" > > > > > > > > I'm starting spamc out of procmail like so > > > > > > > > :0fwE > > > > | /usr/bin/spamc -u spamc > > > > > > > > That all works fine and dandy, but when I specify -a and try > > to restart > > > > spamd (using the redhat init script) I get this. > > > > > > > > Starting spamd: Cannot open auto_whitelist_path > > > > /home/spamc/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist: Permission denied > > > > [FAILED] > > > > > > > > I can't figure this out because the permissions on the .spamassassin > > > > directory in /home/spamc are > > > > > > > > drwxrwx--- 2 spamc spamc 4096 Apr 3 11:12 .spamassassin > > > > > > > > I even tried to create an empty auto-whitelist file first, but that > > > > didn't help. > > > > > > > > Please help me figure out what stupid thing I'm doing. > > > > > > > > Shane > > > > > > > -- Shane Hickey Network/System Consultant Howsyournetwork.com 406.240.6675 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
