Scott Taylor wrote: > I'm using SA 3.0.2 on RHES3 with $LANG set to en_CA invoked with > system wide configs in '/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf' via users > .procmailrc with this recipe: > > :0fw: spamassassin.lock > * < 256000 > | spamassassin > > I've been all over the docs, FAQs, WiKis on the site, but I still > can't figure out why the permissions keep changing on the > '/etc/mail/spamassasin/bayes_*' files. No matter what I set the > permissions to, which user I change the files to, they eventually end > up with a regular user owning the files and the perms set to > -rw-------.
For a global Bayes db, accessible to all users, you must either: -> Run spamd as a separate user, make sure the bayes_* files are owned by that user, and process mail through SA by calling spamc instead of spamassassin; or -> Make sure you have an entry in your local.cf (or other config file) to force appropriate permissions. I use "bayes_file_mode 0777", as I have a global Bayes db, but per-user configuration and AWL files. I also use spamd/spamc, but I run spamd as root so it can setuid to the appropriate user for each message. You may be able to get away with a mode of 0770, if your users are all in the same group. You'll probably find that you will also want to adjust some of the other bayes_* options in your Sa configuration; man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf should have the details for your installed version. -kgd -- Get your mouse off of there! You don't know where that email has been!
