On Thu, June 25, 2009 10:35, rich...@buzzhost.co.uk wrote: > A routine look in the logs shows me a steady warn in the logs. > It's probably harmless - but I would like to solve it for tidiness: > > > Thu Jun 18 16:45:21 2009 [12663] warn: config: created user preferences > file: /var/lib/spamassassin/.spamassassin/user_prefs > Tue Jun 23 16:58:42 2009 [13778] warn: config: cannot write > to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied > Tue Jun 23 16:58:43 2009 [13778] warn: auto-whitelist: open of > auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp > lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.stinger.13778 > for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied > Wed Jun 24 11:46:16 2009 [4734] warn: config: cannot write > to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied > Wed Jun 24 11:46:17 2009 [4734] warn: auto-whitelist: open of > auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp > lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.stinger.4734 > for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied > Wed Jun 24 12:08:10 2009 [4734] warn: config: cannot write > to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied > Wed Jun 24 12:08:11 2009 [4734] warn: auto-whitelist: open of > auto-whitelist file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp > lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.stinger.4734 > for /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: Permission denied > > I'm slightly confused as I see this; > /var/lib/spamassassin/.spamassassin/user_prefs created, > but then SA seems to be trying to write to /root/.spamassasin/... > > Probably my configuration - any pointers ?
check configs for awl path, and unset them, when its not set in user_prefs you get permissions errors when not run as root, and not have it local to the user trying perldoc Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf perldoc Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL tell more about what os, user you try test with awl path must be local to each user not global for all users when sql is not used -- xpoint
