SA 3.1.3: auto-whitelist cannot create files (tmp lock) in /root/.spamassassin

[Thomas Schlosser]

Hi,
after a fresh install on an SUSE 9.3 box i receive the following errors in /var/log/mail:


Jun 10 20:00:02 homesrv spamd[7041]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Keine Berechtigung at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1486
Jun 10 20:00:02 homesrv spamd[7041]: spamd: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for root:106
Jun 10 20:00:02 homesrv spamd[7041]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Keine Berechtigung at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1486
Jun 10 20:00:02 homesrv spamd[7041]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.homesrv.schlosser-ma.de.7041 for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Keine Berechtigung
Jun 10 20:00:02 homesrv spamd[7041]: auto-whitelist: open of auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.homesrv.schlosser-ma.de.7041 for /root/.spamassassin/auto- whitelist.lock: Keine Berechtigung


My spamd was started with
/usr/bin/spamd --daemonize --username spamfilt --pidfile /home/spamfilt/spamd.pid --max-children=5             

I am not sure if this 3.0 startup is valid for 3.1 as well?
ps says the following
homesrv:/etc/mail/spamassassin # ps -AF | grep -i spam
spamfilt  6837  6784  0   997  1156   0 19:28 pts/0    00:00:00 su spamfilt
spamfilt  6838  6837  0  1053  1644   0 19:28 pts/0    00:00:00 sh
spamfilt  6924  6842  0   997  1156   0 19:44 pts/0    00:00:00 su spamfilt
spamfilt  6925  6924  0  1084  1696   0 19:44 pts/0    00:00:00 sh
root      7040     1  0  7305 25472   0 19:59 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/spamd --daemonize --username spamfilt --pidfile /home/spamfilt/spamd.pid --max-children=5
spamfilt  7041  7040  0  7537 26504   0 19:59 ?        00:00:00 spamd child
spamfilt  7042  7040  0  7305 25476   0 19:59 ?        00:00:00 spamd child
root      7086  6954  0   687   744   0 20:06 pts/0    00:00:00 grep -i spam

So I assume it would be the best to tell SA to go to /home/spamfilt/.spamassassin instead of /root/.spamassassin.
Where can I set this directory? (THere are so many places for configs, I am dazzled)
Or what is the solution for this?

Thanks in advance
Thomas

BTW: Where ist the best place to start spamd? Should this be done in t