The confusion is about the -u option. Normally spamd runs as root and spawns a new daemon with uid of the user receiving the e-mail. That would be recommended indeed. If your users are not local to the machine, because it is being used as a relay for example the -u option is used to spawn a new process with the uid of the user given. It is not recommended to use root for that purpose.
-Sietse -----Original Message----- From: Dan Horne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 19:18 To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: RE: spamd as root > Its not really a gui per-say , its sort-of like when you run sysinstall > and > you get the blue screen with the options and you put an X next to what > you > want to select- that's what came up- He's talking about installing from FreeBSD ports. Some packages throw up a ncurses type screen allowing one to select options for the package to be installed. Same thing you get when you type in "make config" on a FreeBSD port. It is only available for some ports. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. SPAM-FREE 1.0(2476)
