OK... Hmmm Wish that'd been highlighted in the changes... <grin> I'll try that, and let you know
Thanks, Matt! On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 09:55, Matt Kettler wrote: > At 11:22 AM 10/17/2003, Dave Bartmess wrote: > >I put this on the command line, and immediately after restarting spamd, > >it gave me the following messages in /var/log/mail/errors: > > > >Oct 13 21:45:46 Dingo spamc[5596]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at > >127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#3 of 3): Connection refused > > Ah-ha! > > Try it without daemonizing and you'll get the error message telling you > what's going on. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# spamd -c -m 5 -u root > fatal: cannot run as nonexistent user or root with -u option > > So apparently they decided to add code to prevent people from using -u > root, which is a security issue. > > Try setting up a spamd user and use that, but make sure it's a real account > with a real home directory. > > I did verify that: > > spamd -d -c -m 5 -u mkettler > > does work and load correctly: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# spamd -d -c -m 5 -u mkettler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# ps ax |grep spamd > 10421 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 5 -u mkettler > -- David A. Bartmess Software Configuration Manager / Sr. Software Developer eDingo Enterprises http://edingo.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
