Ok. Thanks!
Is there any security risks when running SA-update as root?



Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> 
> On 14.01.10 01:29, brodos wrote:
>> I have spamassassin installed on my server (linux).
>> Spamd is running as user "junk".
>> My question is: Do I run SA-update as root or as an ordinary user?
>> User "junk" is a nologin user with no shell, so I can not run SA-update
>> with
>> user "junk".
> 
> you only need to run SA under user that can modify rules in LOCALSTATEDIR.
> Most ppl run it under root...
> 
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