[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?




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