* On 27/11/06 16:31 -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: | On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 12:23:30AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: | > When spamd is being run WITHOUT -u johndoe, then presumably, it is | > running as root, yes? | | The parent is, the children run as the user calling spamc. | | > So, who should own the files in --siteconfigpath? Especially those that | > require modification, like the bayes* and auto_whitelist files? | | there are, by default, no files in the site config dir that need modification | by users. it's all config files. | | if you're trying to setup a sitewide bayes/awl, then you'll need to have the | files writable by everyone, basically. | | > Tue Nov 28 00:01:08 2006 [96179] warn: bayes: failed rename /usr/local/etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes_journal \ | > to /usr/local/etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes_journal.old | | I would suggest moving the bayes/awl files to a different directory and | granting permission there to the whole dir. you don't want to open your site | config dir up to all your users.
I get the point now. I've been fighting with this far too long ;) -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ "About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends." -- Herbert Hoover
