In the process of testing my new toaster, I noticed the following lines
in '/var/log/maillog'.
Sep 1 21:43:16 s6 spamd[19967]: spamd: setuid to clamscan succeeded
Sep 1 21:43:16 s6 spamd[19967]: spamd: creating default_prefs:
//.spamassassin/user_prefs
Sep 1 21:43:16 s6 spamd[19967]: spamd: failed to create readable
default_prefs: //.spamassassin/user_prefs
I figured out that the home directory for `clamscan` was '/', and as
there was no existing directory '.spamassassin' in '/', it seemed
reasonable enough that it wouldn't be able to write to it.
So I changed the home directory for `clamscan` to `/home/vpopmail`,
created a directory `.spamassassin` in that directory, and made sure
`clamscan` had ownership and write permission on the `.spamassassin`
directory.
No dice. It continued to report that it was failing to create a readable
prefs file (but this time at the new location, showing that changing the
home directory had worked).
So I created an empty preference file and gave `clamscan` ownership over
it, on the theory that if there was a file there, it might shut up about
not being able to create the file.
Didn't help.
OK, so maybe it's lying about 'setuid', and it's not running as
`clamscan` at all. I removed the empty file, and made the
`.spamassassin` directory world-writable, just to see if it would create
a file and which user it would do so as.
Failed again.
As far as I can see that exhausts all the possible reasons why spamd
wouldn't be able to create a preference file, and it is continuing to
fail simply out of malice.
Anyone have any ideas how I can fix this?
Thanks,
Angus
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