On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 19:12, David B Funk wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, John Hardin wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 13:54, mike wrote:
> > > >bayes_file_mode 0777
> >
> > <hot_button>
> > Try "bayes_file_mode 0666" instead.
> > </hot_button>
> 
> Um, John have you actually -read- the SA conf documentation?
> (Me thinks not). The mode of 0777 is CORRECT, 0666 is NOT.
> See:
> 
>       bayes_file_mode          (default: 0700)
>           The file mode bits used for the Bayesian filtering database files.
> 
>           Make sure you specify this using the 'x' mode bits set, as it may
>           also be used to create directories.  However, if a file is
>           created, the resulting file will not have any execute bits set
>           (the umask is set to 111).
> 
> Now go apologise to Kris, and check up on things before you
> go flying off the handle next time.

Mea culpa.

I'm sorry. The only excuse I can provide is dealing with people in the
habit of running "chmod 777 *" as the first step in troubleshooting has
me a bit twitchy... :)

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