Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:02:35 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Derrick <dmacpher@vfs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SpamAssassin and the nonexistent home directory. Message-ID: <45DCA55B.4030504@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0702211118080.87185-100000@mail.vfs.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0702211118080.87185-100000@mail.vfs.com>
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Derrick wrote: > I'm confused as to why on box #1 I have in /etc/rc.conf: > > spamd_enable="YES" > spamd_flags="-c -u spamd -H /var/spool/spamd -m 10" > > And spamd is writing to /var/spool/spamd/.spamassassin > > on box #2 and #3, I have the exact same settings yet I see: > > /nonexistent/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock: No such file or directory > Feb 21 00:06:44 mail spamd[39002]: auto-whitelist: open of auto-whitelist > file failed: locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile > > /nonexistent/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.xxx.xxx.xxx.39002 for > /nonexistent/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock : No such file or directory > Feb 21 00:06:44 mail spamd[39002]: bayes: locker: safe_lock: cannot create > tmp lockfile /nonexistent/.spamassassin/bayes.lock.xxx.xxx.xxx.39002 for > /nonexistent/.spamassassin/bayes.lock: No such file or directory Well, first I'd check that /var/spool/spamd does exist on both boxes. Probably then I would try `id` and `finger` perhaps, on the spamd user, and hope that the output might give me a clue. Grasping a straw, Kevin Kinsey -- If you can lead it to water and force it to drink, it isn't a horse.
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