[SLE] Question about SpamAssassin permissions

From: Drew J. Como (hvisuals_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/24/05

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    All,

    I reviewing my SpamAssassin settings, I have found the
    SA was still running as root. I have since changed
    this to run as 'spamd', however I am getting the
    following errors within my /var/log/mail log:

    Mar 24 16:48:21 mailserver spamd[17090]: Creating
    default_prefs [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs]
    Mar 24 16:48:21 mailserver spamd[17090]: Cannot write
    to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied
    Mar 24 16:48:21 mailserver spamd[17090]: Couldn't
    create readable default_prefs for
    [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs]

    Why is SA still trying to use root's home folder for
    storage since I have changed the following:

    (added to local.cf)
    # Additional bayes configurations
    bayes_path /home/spamd/.spamassassin
    bayes_file_mode 0666

    (added to /etc/procmailrc)

    #:0fw
    #| /usr/bin/spamc -u spamd

    Can anyone offer any assistance on this?

    Thanks in advance!

                    
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