On Friday 19 December 2008, mouss wrote:
>Gene Heskett a écrit :
>> OTOH, if I run it as root, then the clients have no perms.  Tell me a way
>> around that please.
>
>I run it as root, like almost everybody. the "clients" only need read
>access to the directory, which should be the case by default, unless you
>played with the root umask.
>
I haven't that I recall since reinstalling F8.  However, I note that the spamd 
children are running as the user gene.  Not root.

>>> This is ugly. use a subdirectory. for example
>>> /var/lib/spamassassin/keys, and make this directory only accessible to
>>> the sa-update user (mode 600).
>>
>> Humm, and spec that in the --gpghomedir argument I assume?
>
>yes.

Done, it seems to work.  Many thanks Mouss.
[...]
>>> the user who scans incoming mail should be used to train (his) bayes.

Mmm, lemme check my script, but I believe that is the case now.  Yes, if I 
read correctly what I wrote nearly a year ago.

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