spamd running as root

[Saurabh Barve <sa...@atmos.colostate.edu>]

Hi,

OS - Fedora Core 2
SpamAssassin - version 3.0.3
I have the following options set for spamd in /etc/sysconfig/spamassassin:
SPAMDOPTIONS="-d -c -m5 -H"

But I keep getting this message in my logs:

spamd[19758]: info: setuid to root succeeded
spamd[19758]: Still running as root: user not specified with -u, not 
found, or set to root.  Fall back to nobody.

To fix this, I tried to run spamd as the user `mail'. However, when I 
try that, I get the error that 'spamd does not have permissions to write 
to /root'. How do I get spamd to know that mail's home directory is at 
/var/spool/mail. Is it a good idea to run spamd as mail?

Thanks,
Saurabh.
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Saurabh Barve
sa@atmos.colostate.edu
(970)491-7714

Re: spamd running as root

[Saurabh Barve <sa...@atmos.colostate.edu>]

Matt Kettler wrote:
> At 05:42 PM 5/16/2005, Saurabh Barve wrote:
> 
>> To fix this, I tried to run spamd as the user `mail'. However, when I 
>> try that, I get the error that 'spamd does not have permissions to 
>> write to /root'. How do I get spamd to know that mail's home directory 
>> is at /var/spool/mail.
> 
> 
> Set mail's homedir to /var/spool/mail in your passwd file. Spamd just 
> picks up the homedir from what the OS tells it.
> 
>>  Is it a good idea to run spamd as mail?
> 
> 
> That's somewhat reasonable, although it would be a little bit better to 
> run it as it's own deprivleged user.


mail's home directory is set up as /var/spool/mail in /etc/passwd. 
That's why I was surprised that SA didn't pick it up. I'll try again.

Saurabh.

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Saurabh Barve
sa@atmos.colostate.edu
(970)491-7714

Re: spamd running as root

[Matt Kettler <mk...@comcast.net>]

At 05:42 PM 5/16/2005, Saurabh Barve wrote:
>To fix this, I tried to run spamd as the user `mail'. However, when I try 
>that, I get the error that 'spamd does not have permissions to write to 
>/root'. How do I get spamd to know that mail's home directory is at 
>/var/spool/mail.

Set mail's homedir to /var/spool/mail in your passwd file. Spamd just picks 
up the homedir from what the OS tells it.

>  Is it a good idea to run spamd as mail?

That's somewhat reasonable, although it would be a little bit better to run 
it as it's own deprivleged user.