Re: spamd: still running as root

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2023-10-30 16:45:31 +, Linkcheck via users wrote:
> I have just updated Debian to Bookworm in order to install SA 4. Very few
> problems so far but the postfix log is giving:
> 
> "spamd: still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set
> to root, falling back to nobody"
> 
> I am not sure where to specify an appropriate user (and possibly how and
> what). Help, please?
> 
> In /etc/default/spamassassin I have...

AFAIK, /etc/default/spamassassin is no longer used. The config
file in Debian is now "/etc/default/spamd". This is what I have
on my new bookworm machine.

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Re: spamd: still running as root

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 30.10.23 16:45, Linkcheck via users wrote:
I have just updated Debian to Bookworm in order to install SA 4. Very 
few problems so far but the postfix log is giving:


"spamd: still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, 
or set to root, falling back to nobody"


I am not sure where to specify an appropriate user (and possibly how 
and what). Help, please?



In /etc/default/spamassassin I have...

OPTIONS="--nouser-config -4 -i 127.0.0.1 --max-children=5 
--helper-home-dir=/var/lib/spamassassin -u debian-spamd"


PIDFILE="/run/spamd.pid"

CRON=1


since SA 4, spamd uses /etc/default/spamd

I don't use -u option, so spamd setuids to user spamc provides, this allows 
spamd use per-user configuration files.


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Re: spamd: still running as root

[Bill Cole]

On 2023-10-30 at 12:45:31 UTC-0400 (Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:45:31 +)
Linkcheck via users 
is rumored to have said:

I have just updated Debian to Bookworm in order to install SA 4. Very 
few problems so far but the postfix log is giving:


"spamd: still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, 
or set to root, falling back to nobody"


I am not sure where to specify an appropriate user (and possibly how 
and what). Help, please?


If you do not understand very specifically WHY you NEED spamd to run as 
some specific other user, DO NOT DO IT. If your only reason for asking 
this is the log entry, just forget about it.


'man spamd' provides more info.


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spamd: still running as root

[Linkcheck via users]

I have just updated Debian to Bookworm in order to install SA 4. Very 
few problems so far but the postfix log is giving:


"spamd: still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or 
set to root, falling back to nobody"


I am not sure where to specify an appropriate user (and possibly how and 
what). Help, please?


In /etc/default/spamassassin I have...

OPTIONS="--nouser-config -4 -i 127.0.0.1 --max-children=5 
--helper-home-dir=/var/lib/spamassassin -u debian-spamd"


PIDFILE="/run/spamd.pid"

CRON=1