On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:24:09 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 05:18:17PM -0800, Raquel wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:06:18 -0800 > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > howdy folks. > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > As I understand it, and frmo a little google, spamd changes > > > its uid to 'nobody' when it get a message to scan. This causes > > > a problem as it tries to update the AWL and bayes database > > > files in its $HOME with is nonexistent. One recommendation I > > > found was to change the user for spamd from nobody to spamd, > > > and create that user for just this purpose. This seems fine, > > > but I don't like to migrate too far from default configs. Any > > > other suggestions? is there something simple I'm missing here? > > > (probably). is this new user, spamd, the way to go or should I > > > be tweaking some other conf to make this work. > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > A > > > > > > > I run Sendmail and procmail, along with SpamAssassin. In > > /etc/procmailrc I use: > > > > # Send through SpamAssassin > > DROPPRIVS=yes > > :0fw > > * < 256000 > > | /usr/bin/spamc > > yeah, I've seen this solution too, but I'm running SA through > exim's ACL's and not through procmail. I leave it to my users to > determine what they do with their spam, I just mark it up before > delivery. > > A > That's what I'm doing also. -- Raquel ============================================================ It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and injustice. --Senator Robert F. Kennedy, University of Capetown, South Africa, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
