Sorry, yeah, I did, and I took out the -H parameter... Still doesn't
work with the -u parameter set to root... <ARGHHHHH>

On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 09:30, Tom Meunier wrote:
> [offlist]  <toppost>
>  
> Dave, I dunno if you read my message.  It seems to me that if you run
> with -H -u root what you're saying is that the -H switch is taking the
> parameter -u, and that there's a switch "root".  Both of these are
> invalid.  -H should take the parameter /foo/bar/whatever, and it'll
> freak if you give it -u.  Then "root" is hanging out there not being
> switched on.  Drop the -H or give it an argument.
> 
> -tom
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> > Behalf Of Dave Bartmess
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:17 AM
> > To: Matt Kettler
> > Cc: SpamAssassin Email List
> > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Not reading local.cf?
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 08:58, Matt Kettler wrote:
> > > Yes, but it's also a security risk to run spamd/spamc both 
> > always as 
> > > root, which is why SA is falling back to "nobody" in the 
> > first place.
> > > 
> > > Certainly the better solution is to specify a non-root user 
> > with the 
> > > -u parameter, however, baring that, SA will by default fall back to 
> > > least-privilege.
> > I agree with that... Unfortunately (see my other message to 
> > the list), I get errors in syslog when I run using -u root. 
> > For some reason it doesn't seem to be able to communicate 
> > with spamd once I change that parameter...
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > --
> > David A. Bartmess
> > Software Configuration Manager / Sr. Software Developer 
> > eDingo Enterprises http://edingo.net
> > 
> > 
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