ok, thanks all.
I think I have it.
zeus:bayes_db robert$ ls -la
total 6528
drwxr-xr-x 5 spamuser wheel 170 3 Mar 15:35 .
drwxrwxrwx 3 root wheel 102 3 Mar 14:37 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 spamuser wheel 49632 3 Mar 16:22 bayes_journal
-rw-rw---- 1 spamuser wheel 176128 3 Mar 15:35 bayes_seen
-rw-rw---- 1 spamuser wheel 3112960 3 Mar 15:35 bayes_toks
Startup plist
<array>
<string>/opt/local/bin/daemondo</string>
<string>--label=spamd</string>
<string>--start-cmd</string>
<string>/opt/local/libexec/perl5.22/spamd</string>
<string>-l</string>
<string>-u</string>
<string>spamuser</string>
<string>;</string>
<string>--pid=exec</string>
</array>
It’s all still working. So fortunately not too badly out of whack…
thanks folks.
Robert
> On 3 Mar 2016, at 16:06, Tom Hendrikx <t...@whyscream.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> you probably messed up the permissions by running sa-learn or any other
> tool that messes with the bayes files directly (i.e. not via spamd) as
> root.
>
> Your changes work because they allow read/write access to anyone on the
> system, which is not very secure. Best would be to do something like:
>
> chown spamuser:wheel <files>
> chmod 0660 <files>
>
> Then restart spamd and see of it doesn't complain. This should allow
> access for spamd and for users in the wheel group (administrative accounts).
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> On 03-03-16 16:35, Robert Chalmers wrote:
>> ok, I can see that. Interesting I missed it on the set up
>>
>> So, I’m running on OSX, and have to use plist files to start processes.
>> The spamd owner is ‘spamuser’ - ( just because I did…. and as it’s not
>> used outside that, I may as well leave it as such.)
>>
>>
>> <array>
>> <string>/opt/local/bin/daemondo</string>
>> <string>--label=spamd</string>
>> <string>--start-cmd</string>
>> <string>/opt/local/libexec/perl5.22/spamd</string>
>> <string>-l</string>
>> <string>-u</string>
>> <string>spamuser</string>
>> <string>;</string>
>> <string>--pid=exec</string>
>> </array>
>>
>> So anyway, on spamd restart, it all still appears to be working ok.
>> Although I’m fully expecting something to come along and bite me.
>>
>> So what exactly is the “kludge” - given that mostly I followed the Wiki
>> and various other setup guidelines? I’m not doing per user configs, but
>> site wide.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 3 Mar 2016, at 15:09, RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com
>>> <mailto:rwmailli...@googlemail.com <mailto:rwmailli...@googlemail.com>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 14:46:33 +0000
>>> Robert Chalmers wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> /var/spamassassin/bayes_db
>>>>
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 3 Mar 14:37 .
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 28 root wheel 952 23 Jan 15:58 ..
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 3 Mar 14:37 bayes_db
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 2304 3 Mar 14:39 bayes_journal
>>>> -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 176128 3 Mar 14:32 bayes_seen
>>>> -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 3112960 3 Mar 14:32 bayes_toks
>>>
>>> If spamd is running as user spamd (i.e. started as spamd -u spamd) the
>>> files should be own by spamd.
>>>
>>> Don't run spamd without "-u" less you absolutely need to read per user
>>> config from unix home directories. In that case use an sql database or
>>> or leave the db files under ~/.spamassassin What you have there is a
>>> dreadful kludge.
>>>
>>> And yes, I do know that it's suggested on the wiki.
>>
>> Robert Chalmers
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