Re: [AMaViS-user] sa-learn

[Chris P. <ama...@te...>]

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 21:17:35 -0800
Robert LeBlanc <rj...@re...> wrote:

> At 15:27 2003/12/27, freeoliver wrote:
> 
> >when i use sa-learn --spam --box /var/spool/username
> >the spam mail will learned but will stored in the wrong
> >place. ...
> >
> >but how can i learn new spams to the bayes which is used by
> >amavis???
> 
> Run sa-learn as the amavis user, not as root.

Robert,

Hmmm. I can't run programs as the amavis user because I don't allow my
amavis user to run programs. (amavisd drops priviledges apparently
though to this user just fine).

I run sa-learn as root specifying my amavisd SA prefs file
($MYHOME/.spamassassin/user_prefs). The permissions in the
$MYHOME/.spamassassin directory are as follows:

-rw-------  1 _amavisd  _amavisd   925696 Dec 29 23:41 auto-whitelist.db
-rw-------  1 _amavisd  wheel        1806 Dec 29 23:41 bayes_journal
-rw-------  1 _amavisd  _amavisd  1236992 Dec 29 23:41 bayes_seen
-rw-------  1 _amavisd  wheel     5627904 Dec 29 23:41 bayes_toks
-rw-r--r--  1 _amavisd  _amavisd        0 Sep 27 12:52 user_prefs

Permissions on $MYHOME/.spamassassin dir itself:

drwxr-xr-x  2 _amavisd wheel 512 Dec 29 23:43 /var/amavisd/.spamassassin

This (seems) to run find on my system. It seems like the permissions I
have are appropriate and that running sa-learn as root would not be
harmful.

I'd certainly like to know if I'm doing something wrong.

thanks,

CP

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