Roxanne Sandesara wrote: > So, having run "find / -type f | xargs grep -i > "spamassassin-toaster-root", I find the following: > > /usr/bin/sa-compile:my $LOCAL_RULES_DIR = > '/var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin'; # > substituted at 'make' time > /usr/bin/sa-learn:my $LOCAL_RULES_DIR = > '/var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin'; # > substituted at 'make' time > /usr/bin/sa-update:my $LOCAL_RULES_DIR = > '/var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin'; # > substituted at 'make' time > /usr/bin/sa-update: 'LOCAL_RULES_DIR' => > '/var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin', > /usr/bin/sa-update: > /var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys > Binary file /usr/bin/spamc matches > /usr/bin/spamd:my $LOCAL_RULES_DIR = > '/var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin'; # > substituted at 'make' time > /usr/bin/spamassassin:my $LOCAL_RULES_DIR = > '/var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin'; # > substituted at 'make' time > /usr/bin/spamassassin:=item > /var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin > /usr/bin/spamassassin:=item > /var/tmp/spamassassin-toaster-root/etc/mail/spamassassin > > So this clearly came into place when I added sa-update in place of > RulesDuJour this past weekend. I don't know if that's normal or not, but > I'm assuming not, since no one else recognized that path or considered > it valid except during build/compile/install.
It's not so clear to me that sa-update caused your problem, but I do think it's possible, and perhaps likely given that you added it last weekend. I don't run sa-update or RDJ. How did you go about adding sa-update this past weekend? > Chkrootkit found nothing. That's always good. ;) > My guess would be, at this point, I open sa-compile, sa-learn, > sao-update, etc., in vi, find those instances of that directory and > redirect them to where they should be? Which would be > /etc/mail/spamassassin ? I wouldn't go there. > Roxanne > > On May 7, 2008, at 8:39 PM, James Pratt wrote: > >> With all due respect, I see *nothing* that indicates *any* sort of dns >> issue here. The problem is that the Spamassassin installation is trying >> to create temp files in a very non-standard directory, as Eric said in a >> prior post. >> >> I would guess the build is just plain messed up - what does rpm -ql >> Spamassassin-toaster say? Inspect the rebuild output closely after. Do >> not rebuild it as the root user. >> >> If I were you, I would re-rpmbuild, and also run chkrootkit, and/or >> rkhunter... many people (still!) compile things as root. That is a very >> bad thing, qmail or no. :( >> >> Regards, >> jp >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Roxanne Sandesara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:24 PM >>> To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com >>> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Soft Rejections >>> >>> No, nothing in the blacklists file. And Spamassassin's RBL checks are >>> turned off in local.cf. >>> I'm running chrooted Bind, not a caching nameserver. >>> >>> And yes. I was su - into vpopmail's shell to run the spamassassin -- >>> lint -D tests. >>> >>> Roxanne >>> >>> On May 7, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> >>>> Roxanne Sandesara wrote: >>>>> DNS appears to be working. I have no idea if an RBL site is down. >> At >>>>> this point I've deactivated spamdyke, which was the only thing >>>>> doing RBL >>>>> checks, so that shouldn't be an issue anymore. >>>> >>>> You have nothing in /var/qmail/control/blacklists? That would do rbl >>>> checking. Spamassassin probably is as well, unless you are running >>>> it with >>>> the -L (local checks only) option. >>>> >>>> Are you running a caching-nameserver on the toaster? That isn't >>>> absolutely >>>> required, but highly recommended. >>>> >>>>> I still have this nonsense SpamAssassin perl module error, and no >>>>> way to >>>>> correct it. >>>> >>>> Are you running spamassassin commands with "sudo -u vpopmail -h"? >>>> You need to always run spamassassin as vpopmail user. Otherwise it >>>> won't >>>> pick up the correct environment. >>>> >>>>> Roxanne >>>>> >>>>> On May 7, 2008, at 4:52 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sounds a bit like a DNS issue to me. Is your DNS not working, or >>>>>> perhaps an >>>>>> RBL site down? >>>>>> >>>>>> Roxanne Sandesara wrote: >>>>>>> I've had spamdyke running for a week without any problems until >>>>>>> today >>>>>>> (if indeed Spamdyke is the problem). However, thanks for the >>>>>>> advice. I >>>>>>> went back, found that discussion from last week, and have - at >>>>>>> least >>>>>>> temporarily - deactivated spamdyke. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> However, this has not corrected my problem. Messages are still >>>>>>> being >>>>>>> soft-rejected, even after turning off spamdyke and restarting >>>>>>> qmail. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've got this strange permissions problem with what must be a >>>>>>> created >>>>>>> subdirectory in /tmp, which seems to be causing errors with >>>>>>> SpamAssassin. I have no idea if that could be causing the soft >>>>>>> rejects >>>>>>> or not, but I'd - obviously - like to correct it. but I can't >> find >>>>>>> anything on the Net matching the error message with the >> directory. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Still looking for help. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Roxanne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 7, 2008, at 3:34 PM, im.fuzzy wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Roxanne Sandesara wrote: >>>>>>>>> Further searching. I found an instance of this in the archives >>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> suggested running a spamassassin --lint. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I did so, and got the following: >>>>>>>>> # spamassassin --lint >>>>>>>>> check: no loaded plugin implements 'check_main': cannot scan! >> at >>>>>>>>> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/ >>>>>>>>> PerMsgStatus.pm >>>>>>>>> line 164. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Help? 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