On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 01:22:15 -0500 (CDT)
Dave Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Raquel wrote:
> 
> >>
> > bayes_path /usr/spamassassin/bayes
> > bayes_file_mode 0777
> 
> OK, is the directory "/usr/spamassassin" writable by the user-ID
> that you are running spamd as? What happens if you do a:
>     chmod 1777 /usr/spamassassin
> 
> and then retest?
> 
> Strong suggestion, do -not- put your bayes stuff into a directory
> that contains other SA components. Best to have a directory in
> your "/var" partition just for the bayes stuff.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave Funk
> 

Below are the relevant lines from my mail log after sending a
message from a Yahoo account.  I'll only be working on bits and
pieces today and won't be able to attack it until tomorrow.

Sep  5 09:07:11 bryce spamd[12836]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create
lockfile /usr/spamassassin/auto-whitelist.mutex: Permission denied

Sep  5 09:07:11 bryce spamd[12836]: auto-whitelist: open of
auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create
lockfile /usr/spamassassin/auto-whitelist.mutex: Permission denied

Sep  5 09:07:11 bryce spamd[12836]: bayes: locker: safe_lock: cannot
create lockfile /usr/spamassassin/bayes.mutex: Permission denied

Sep  5 09:07:11 bryce sm-mta[16868]: l85G6RF0016868: Milter add:
header: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50
autolearn=failed \n\tversion=3.1.7-deb

Sep  5 09:07:11 bryce spamd[12837]: spamd: setuid to raquel
succeeded

Sep  5 09:07:29 bryce spamd[12837]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create
lockfile /usr/spamassassin/auto-whitelist.mutex: Permission denied

Sep  5 09:07:29 bryce spamd[12837]: auto-whitelist: open of
auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create
lockfile /usr/spamassassin/auto-whitelist.mutex: Permission denied

Sep  5 09:07:29 bryce spamd[12837]: bayes: locker: safe_lock: cannot
create lockfile /usr/spamassassin/bayes.mutex: Permission denied


-- 
Raquel
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