sa-learn user problem

[Matthias Schmidt <be...@admilon.net>]

Hello,
my mac os x leopard (10.5.2 with updated amavis-new and spamassassin)
runs a script, which calls sa-learn with sudo and user _amavis.
In the config files for amavis and clamAV the user is set to _amavis.
Now sa-learn always tries to open /var/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs,
which of course fails.

Where or how can I correct this problem?

Thanks and all the best

Matthias

Re: sa-learn user problem

[Luis Hernán Otegui <lu...@gmail.com>]

Hi, Matthias

2008/3/1, Matthias Schmidt <be...@admilon.net>:
> Am/On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:23:28 -0300 schrieb/wrote Diego Pomatta:
>
>
>  >Matthias Schmidt escribió:
>  >> Hello,
>  >> my mac os x leopard (10.5.2 with updated amavis-new and spamassassin)
>  >> runs a script, which calls sa-learn with sudo and user _amavis.
>  >> In the config files for amavis and clamAV the user is set to _amavis.
>  >> Now sa-learn always tries to open /var/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs,
>  >> which of course fails.
>  >>
>  >> Where or how can I correct this problem?
>  >>
>  >> Thanks and all the best
>  >>
>  >> Matthias
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  >I had a similar problem and Luis Otegui suggested I used
>  ># su <user> -c '<command>'
>  >
>  >...and it worked. Try it.
>
>
>  thanks, I did that and the errors are gone, but now it looks like
>  something is wrong.
>  The statistics are showing nothing anymore.
>
>
>  Thanks and all the best
>
>  Matthias
>
>

Don't forget that if you're running Bayes over SQL, you must tell
sa-learn under which user it should learn the messages. That's what
the -u option does. You should run something linke

# su amavis -c 'sa-learn -u amavis --spam /dir/where/spams/are/'

or something like that. If you don´t, you'll end up learning as a
different user (most likely under root).

Take a look at Gary V's HOWTO:

http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/debian-spamassassin-sql.html

Hope this helps


Luis
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Re: sa-learn user problem

[Matthias Schmidt <be...@admilon.net>]

Am/On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:23:28 -0300 schrieb/wrote Diego Pomatta:

>Matthias Schmidt escribió:
>> Hello,
>> my mac os x leopard (10.5.2 with updated amavis-new and spamassassin)
>> runs a script, which calls sa-learn with sudo and user _amavis.
>> In the config files for amavis and clamAV the user is set to _amavis.
>> Now sa-learn always tries to open /var/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs,
>> which of course fails.
>>
>> Where or how can I correct this problem?
>>
>> Thanks and all the best
>>
>> Matthias
>>
>>   
>
>I had a similar problem and Luis Otegui suggested I used
># su <user> -c '<command>'
>
>...and it worked. Try it.

 thanks, I did that and the errors are gone, but now it looks like
something is wrong.
The statistics are showing nothing anymore.

Thanks and all the best

Matthias

Re: sa-learn user problem

[Diego Pomatta <in...@abelsonsa.com.ar>]

Matthias Schmidt escribió:
> Hello,
> my mac os x leopard (10.5.2 with updated amavis-new and spamassassin)
> runs a script, which calls sa-learn with sudo and user _amavis.
> In the config files for amavis and clamAV the user is set to _amavis.
> Now sa-learn always tries to open /var/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs,
> which of course fails.
>
> Where or how can I correct this problem?
>
> Thanks and all the best
>
> Matthias
>
>   

I had a similar problem and Luis Otegui suggested I used
# su <user> -c '<command>'

...and it worked. Try it.

Regards
/Diego