From: "Rainer Sokoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:59:50AM -0000, bubba wrote: > > > Are you sure that the user calling procmail is the same user you are if > > you > > > run spamc from the command line? > > > > When I run spamc from the command line, I've done so as root. I take it I > > need to change the permission of spamc? > > If the user wants to run spamc, obviously spamc must be excecutable for > the user. > Here, spamc has 555 (-r-xr-xr-x), owned by root. > I am pretty sure that these are the default permissions set by "make > install". > So, if your permissions differ, there must be a reason why. > Anyway: to test whatever software, it is wise to switch to the user > who will run this software.
I'm idly speculating here that he is running with something like postfix in its chroot jail. If so how would the /usr/bin/spamc be found? Wouldn't he have to put a copy in the chroot jail's directory? {^_^}