When I try to run it using the -u root this is the error that I get spamd: cannot run as nonexistent user or root with -u option
Thank you, Richard Tracy -----Original Message----- From: Theo Van Dinter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 2:54 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: starting spamd On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 02:50:58PM -0700, spamassassin wrote: > Thanks for the response. I would not mind running spamd as root, but I > get the same error and the documentation have found that is when it > tries to run as root it runs as nobody If you call spamd as root, then it falls back to nobody for security reasons. If root is the only user who is calling spamd, then configure site-wide. If root is just an occasional scanner, either have root aliased to a real user (this is how it's normally done) or for root call spamd with a specific username (spamc -u ...) -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "I love every living creature." -Leela "Even me?" -Fry "As a friend." -Leela
