[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am getting > > Sep 21 09:34:20 snout spamd[28958]: mkdir /nonexistent: Permission denied at > /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1467 > Sep 21 09:34:20 snout spamd[28958]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp > lockfile > /nonexistent/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.snout.codemist.co.uk.28958 for > /nonexistent/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: No such file or directory > Sep 21 09:34:20 snout spamd[28958]: Can't call method "finish" on an > undefined value at > /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/AWL.pm line 397. > > This was installed from source like all previous versions of SA, and > this is the first time I have had problems. I tried to look at teh > UPGRADE file and it did not seem to make much sense to me
Do you pass a -u parameter to spamc or spamd? If not, do you call spamc as root? If so, spamd will scan mail as "nobody" for safety. Is nobody's home directory set to /nonexistent?