Hi , I know this message has been posted several time sbut I couldn't get satisfactory answer.
I have successfully installed Openprotect 5.0.4 mentioned at http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/IntegratedInMta which is complete package including MailScanner for intergration with MTAs, spamassassin, clamav antivirus on RHEL 4 running 2.6.9-67.0.15.ELsmp. When I am trying to test spam mail as mentioned in documentation I get following error in maillog Jun 17 09:39:21 smgtest2 spamd[25646]: spamd: still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or set to root, falling back to nobody at /usr/bin/spamd line 1150, <GEN7> line 4. Jun 17 09:39:21 smgtest2 spamd[25646]: spamd: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for root:99 Jun 17 09:39:29 smgtest2 spamd[25646]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1467 Jun 17 09:39:29 smgtest2 spamd[25646]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.smgtest2.bu.edu.25646 for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied Jun 17 09:39:29 smgtest2 spamd[25646]: auto-whitelist: open of auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.smgtest2.bu.edu.25646 for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied Jun 17 09:39:29 smgtest2 spamd[25646]: Can't call method "finish" on an undefined value at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/AWL.pm line 397. After gooogling I found that error is because I am running spamd as root . I tried adding DROPPRIVS=yes to /etc/procmailrc But that didn’t work. I also created a user called spamd , assign home directory then run /usr/bin/spamd -r /var/run/spamd.pid -d --username=spamd then send test mail again but same error How do I tell spamd to run as different user ? What privileges are required by that user ? Thanks MP -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-root-.spamassassin-auto-whitelist.lock%3A-Permission-denied-in-maillog-tp17916446p17916446.html Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
