Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:24:37 +0300 From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@FreeBSD.org> To: Igor Roshchin <str@komkon.org> Cc: perl@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: p5-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0_6 Message-ID: <441153E5.5040501@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200603021814.k22IEgum095698@trantor.komkon.org> References: <200603021814.k22IEgum095698@trantor.komkon.org>
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Igor Roshchin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am using p5-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.0_6 on a 5.4-R system.
> It is installed (upgraded) via portupgrade (on February 16).
> I've noticed the following (imho incorrect) behavior.
> As installed from the ports using portupgrade it is set to run
> as a root (not as spamd user).
> After previous installation, I changed the file
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sa-spamd.sh :
>
> - command_args="-d -r ${pidfile}"
> + command_args="-d -r ${pidfile} -u spamd"
>
> However, the new installation of the port overwrites this file.
>
> Is there a more elegant way of specifying '-u spamd' ?
Turn off an AS_ROOT option.
> Why doesn't port installation use -u spamd (--username spamd)
> as a default setting even though it is presently a preferred model
> for FreeBSD?
Because of problems users can meet. I don't remember exactly what kind of.
> I believe the initial installation I had (from packages) - does
> install this package that it runs as a spamd user. Why does not
> the port do so?
I think you're mistaken.
> Also, even when the spamd is ran as a spamd users as above,
> AWL.pm is trying to write the auto-whitelist into the ~root/.spamassassin
> directory instead of ~spamd/.spamassassin.
> I was able to specify in local.cf:
> auto_whitelist_path /var/spool/spamd/.spamassassin/
> but I suspect there is some correct way of dealing with this
> so that AWL.pm correctly recognizes the "spamd" username.
I think it was one of the reasons for turning AS_ROOT on by default.
--
Sem.
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