>>On 29 October 2010 00:19, Gary Smith <gary.sm...@holdstead.com> wrote:
> >>Check /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin config file Hi Gary, Thanks for your swift response, unfortunately I dont seem to have the sysconfig directory. If it helps, the linux distro running is Debian Lenny. Any more thoughts? Many thanks Keith > ------------------------------ > *From: * Keith De Souza <kbdeso...@googlemail.com> > *Date: *Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:17:11 +0100 > *To: *<users@spamassassin.apache.org> > *Subject: *--timeout-child=secs > > Hi Users, > > ====== > SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 > running on Perl version 5.10.0 > ====== > > I'm pretty new to spamassassin and recently been asked to change the flag > timeout-child > to 180 seconds, its currently set to to 60. > > I've googled this and some say that this can be changed in > /etc/conf.d/spamd however > I don't seem to have this file. > > I've tried using spamd --timeout-child=180 afterwhich i ran a ps aux | grep > spamd > and here are my results: > > ====== > root 15967 0.1 0.3 31732 29268 ? Ss Oct28 0:01 > /usr/sbin/spamd --create-prefs --max-children 8 -u mail --helper-home-dir > *--timeout-child=180 *-d --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid > ====== > > However when I restart the spamassassin deamon and run ps aux | grep spamd, > it goes back to what it was set before the my change: > > ====== > root 15967 0.1 0.3 31732 29268 ? Ss Oct28 0:01 > /usr/sbin/spamd --create-prefs --max-children 8 -u mail --helper-home-dir > *--timeout-child=60* -d --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid > ====== > > So it does seem to have a config file for where it is reading from. My > question is: > > 1. Where would it be? > > or > > 2. How do I find it? > > As mentioned, I'm pretty new at this so if you need me to provided further > details please let me know. > > Many Thanks > > Keith > >
