Also, Robert, take a look at this page: http://www.stearns.org/doc/spamassassin-setup.current.html
local.cf has TONS of options, many of which are lightly documented. Pay close attention to bayes_path auto_whitelist_path Scalix is also a bit of an oddity when it comes to using spamass-milter (trust me, I'm a Scalix user myself). just try using the -b and -r flag together in the milter and watch the fun as the same message is regenerated, scanned, and mailed 20 odd times!!! Sorry, I got off track there! Just check out that link, a lot of good stuff. Hope it's helpful. Doug James Lay wrote: > > > > > On 8/17/07 2:13 PM, "Robert Moskowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well maybe progress but things are still wrong. >> >> James Lay wrote: >>> >>> On 8/17/07 11:53 AM, "Robert Moskowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> More questions... >>>> >>>> James Lay wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 8/17/07 11:24 AM, "Robert Moskowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> thanks for the quick reply. >>>>>> >>>>>> James Lay wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 8/17/07 10:58 AM, "Robert Moskowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I left off below that I am using >>>>>>>> spam-milter 0.3.1-1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> =================================================================== >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am new to this. I have been running my mail server in various >>>>>>>> flavors >>>>>>>> for 10+ years. Always trying to do better.... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PLATFORM: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Centos 5.0 >>>>>>>> 1Ghz processor 512Mb memory >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mail server: Scalix 11.1 >>>>>>>> MTA: Sendmail ver. 8.13.8 >>>>>>>> Spamassassin: 3.1.9 >>>>>>>> Webmin: 1.360 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I followed the Scalix WiKi spamassassin install instructions: >>>>>>>> http://www.scalix.com/wiki/index.php?title=HowTos/SpamAssassin >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am using Thunderbird 1.5.0.12, sending mail has a significant >>>>>>>> delay. >>>>>>>> The meter just sits there near the beginning for quite some time. >>>>>>>> Often, the sending times out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I read through much of the spamassassin WiKi. Nothing on >>>>>>>> performance >>>>>>>> seems to apply. When I go into the /var/log/maillog, I catch soom >>>>>>>> real >>>>>>>> problems. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I enabled DNS checking (dns_available yes) and restarted >>>>>>>> spamassassin >>>>>>>> via webmin and caught the following in the maillog: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Aug 17 12:13:28 z9m9z spamd[1381]: spamd: connection from >>>>>>>> localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] at port 48800 >>>>>>>> Aug 17 12:13:28 z9m9z spamd[1381]: spamd: setuid to root succeeded >>>>>>>> Aug 17 12:13:28 z9m9z spamd[1381]: spamd: still running as root: >>>>>>>> user >>>>>>>> not specified with -u, not found, or set to root, falling back to >>>>>>>> nobody >>>>>>>> at /usr/bin/spamd line 1161, <GEN4> line 4. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Robert, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What's your startup line to start spamd look like? If you're >>>>>>> starting it >>>>>>> like: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Spamd -u spamduser >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> from file: /etc/rc.d/init.d/spamassassin: >>>>>> >>>>>> # Set default spamd configuration. >>>>>> SPAMDOPTIONS="-d -c -m5 -H" >>>>>> SPAMD_PID=/var/run/spamd.pid >>>>>> >>>>>> and as you can see below, the actual command that got run was: >>>>>> >>>>>> /usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m5 -H -r /var/run/spamd.pid >>>>>> >>>>>> So no -u at all! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Is that user in your /etc/passwd file? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> No spamduser. >>>>>> >>>>>> What files would I expect to see owned by spamduser. Oh, wait. If the >>>>>> user's not there, there better not be any files owned by it.... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Doh! >>>>> >>>>> It's running as root then >>>>> >>>> Gee, I thought that was clear from the maillog lines and running >>>> processes... >>>> >>>> But then it has those processes running as 'nobody' as well.. >>>> >>>>> ...no goodness there. >>>>> >>>> Why not? Security (it should be running chrooted then?)? other reasons? >>>> >>>>> I created a user and group >>>>> called spamfilter, then su'd to root, then su'd to spamfilter and ran >>>>> my >>>>> bayes and pyzor setups as spamfilter. >>>>> >>>> This makes no sense to me. You created the user spamfilter. You logged >>>> in as spamfilter, su'd to root and su'd to spamfiltre? What does that >>>> accomplish? Or are you logged in as James and trying to be spamfilter? >>>> If so does not: login spamfilter do the same thing? (I did a fair bit >>>> of >>>> unix back in '93, then nothing for over 10 years...). >>>> >>>> >>> >>> When you su to root, then su to spamfilter, you in effect are now logged >>> in >>> as that user. Because spamd will drop privileges to spamfilter, you >>> should >>> setup pyzor and razor and run test like spamassassin -D --lint as the >>> user >>> it will be running as. >>> >> I just created the spamfilter userid and group. I did not install pyzor >> or razor yet. What are they and why do I want to install them? >> >> I ran the spamassassin -D --lint >> >> I had a bit of a problem adding the -u spamfilter, so I asked on the >> Centos list where I was suppose to do this and was told it goes in >> /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin. That worked but I am still getting the >> errors. Even after a system reboot. >> >> Oh and nothing in the /home/spamfilter/.spamassassin >> >> 2264 root 15:48 /usr/bin/spamd -u spamfilter -d -c -m5 -H -r >> /var/run/spamd.pid >> 2301 spamfilter 15:48 spamd child >> 2302 spamfilter 15:48 spamd child >> >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z sendmail[3913]: l7HK0VeM003913: >> from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=6708, >> class=0, nrcpts=1, >> msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: connection from >> localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] at port 36972 >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: creating default_prefs: >> /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission >> denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1536 >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: config: cannot write to >> /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: failed to create readable >> default_prefs: /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission >> denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1536 >> Aug 17 16:00:31 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: processing message >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for root:502 >> Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: mkdir /root/.spamassassin: Permission >> denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 1536 >> Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp >> lockfile >> /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.z9m9z.htt-consult.com.2301 for >> /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied >> Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: auto-whitelist: open of >> auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp >> lockfile >> /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.z9m9z.htt-consult.com.2301 for >> /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied >> Aug 17 16:00:33 z9m9z spamd[2301]: spamd: identified spam (8.5/5.0) for >> root:502 in 2.6 seconds, 7247 bytes. >> >> > > Spamd is still looking at /root/ as it's home dir. Maybe CentOs compiled > SpamAssassin differently? Not sure at this point :( > > James > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Addendum----New-spamassassin-significant-install-problems-tf4286992.html#a12253643 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
