William Abel wrote:
> I don't understand the relation between the spamd arguments --create-prefs
> and
> --nouser-config. They seem to be disparate but I see them being used
> together
> in many configuration guides that set OPTIONS for spamd. User preferences
> files
> and user config files sound to me like they are the same.
>
> Why are they not incompatible and what exactly happens if both options are
> provided?
Re-reading the spamd man page again, I'd guess that if used together you
will end up creating per-user preferences files (--create-prefs), and
then ignoring them (--nouser-config). It's strange and rather pointless
to recommend them together, but they're not actively opposing actions.
IMO, the more inconsistent set of options is this:
--virtual-config-dir=dir Enable pattern based Virtual configs
(needs -x)
vs:
-x, --nouser-config Disable user config files
What if I want to put per-user configuration in some arbitrary place
that is not in their system home directory? You're forced into using
one of:
-q, --sql-config Enable SQL config (needs -x)
-Q, --setuid-with-sql Enable SQL config (needs -x,
enables use of -H)
--ldap-config Enable LDAP config (needs -x)
--setuid-with-ldap Enable LDAP config (needs -x,
enables use of -H)
since you can no longer use filesystem-based per-user preferences.
-kgd
