mark pryor wrote: > > > */Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>/* wrote: > > I have installed spamassassin, per the instructions on Scalix's wiki, > and it is working, with some important caviats. So I asked for > help on > the spamassassin user list, and got some, but I think I am butting up > against some Centos specific issues... > > So over at spamassassin list I was told not to let spamassassin > run as > root. To create a user: spamfilter. and add -u spamfilter to the > start > command. > > So I created the user and group. I ran the spamassassin --lint and -D > --lint > > Then I went to /etc/rc.d/init.d/spamassassin and change the lines: > > # Set default spamd configuration. > SPAMDOPTIONS="-d -c -m5 -H" > SPAMD_PID=/var/run/spamd.pid > > to > > # Set default spamd configuration. > SPAMDOPTIONS="-u spamfilter -d -c -m5 -H" > SPAMD_PID=/var/run/spamd.pid > > > And then did: > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/spamassassin restart > > and spamassassin is still running as root and I am still getting > these errors.... > > > Robert, > > check if you have the directory > /home/spamfilter > > and try adding the extra (-u spamfilter) param in > /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin OK that worked. It is now running as user spamfilter, but things are still not working. 2264 root 15:48 /usr/bin/spamd -u spamfilter -d -c -m5 -H -r /var/run/spamd.pid 2301 spamfilter 15:48 spamd child 2302 spamfilter 15:48 spamd child Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z sendmail[3913]: l7HK0VeM003913: from=<1-809368-htt-consult.com?dm at mx121.susanshopping.com>, size=6708, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<1-809368-6vhNLrr-70zbBFrP70h at mx121.susanshopping.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: connection from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] at port 36972 Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: creating default_prefs: /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1536 Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: config: cannot write to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: failed to create readable default_prefs: /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1536 Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: processing message <1-809368-6vhNLrr-70zbBFrP70h at mx121.susanshopping.com> for root:502 Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1536 Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.z9m9z.htt-consult.com.2301 for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: auto-whitelist: open of auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.z9m9z.htt-consult.com.2301 for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: identified spam (8.5/5.0) for root:502 in 2.6 seconds, 7247 bytes. And there are no files within /home/spamfilter/.spamassassin