On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Voytek wrote: > it seems I might have done something wrong again.... > > I've noticed there was a newer/more recent amavisd-new rpm at the same > site, so, I've upgraded to the more recent version (thinking 'this will be > easy...': > > rpm -Uvh amavisd-new-2.2.0-3.0.rh7.rf.i386.rpm > > I've set amavisd.conf like before > > # ls -l /etc/amavisd.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23283 Dec 27 18:30 /etc/amavisd.conf > > now, I get: > # service amavisd start > Starting Mail Virus Scanner (amavisd): su: user amavis does not exist > [FAILED] > it seems the previous build required (and created) user 'vscan, and, this > one requires (but does not create) user 'amavis' > > what is the suggested fix: > edit script to use user 'vscan' ? or > create user 'amavis' similar to vscan ?
Whatever makes you happier. If you don't want to screw with your user table, edit the config file. If you don't feel comfortable editing the config file, then add the new user. Your choice. Personally, I'd have made the amavis user the first time around and had it use that, but that's just me. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
