Re: razor-agent.log being placed in root directory - solved

[Chris Purves <ch...@northfolk.ca>]

Gary V wrote:
>> Gary V wrote:
>>>> I noticed today that razor-agent.log is placed in the root 
>>>> directory.  I have 
>>>> --helper-home-dir=/etc/spamassassin/helper-home-dir set as a spamd 
>>>> option, but the log is not being written to there.  How can I fix 
>>>> this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Chris
>>>
>>> This may be an indication there is no razor-agent.conf. Assuming root 
>>> owns the log file, as root, run 'razor-admin -create' twice in a row. 
>>> The log should move to the /root/.razor directory (the home directory 
>>> of whatever user runs the command). To prevent logging for user 
>>> 'root', edit /root/.razor/razor-agent.conf and change debuglevel to 
>>> 0. To control logging on a site wide basis, you could copy 
>>> /root/.razor/razor-agent.conf to /etc/razor/razor-agent.conf. If 
>>> other users use razor, you should run 'razor-admin -create' twice as 
>>> those users too. If you report spam to the razor servers, then you 
>>> also need to run 'razor-admin register'.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, everyone for your suggestions, but it still doesn't make 
>> sense.  My setup is that spamd is run by root, and spamc is called by 
>> the user to whom mail is being delivered.  For this reason I don't 
>> want .razor directories created for every user.
>>
>> From 'man spamd':
>>
>> -H directory, --helper-home-dir=directory
>>     Specify that external programs such as Razor, DCC, and Pyzor should
>>     have a HOME environment variable set to a specific directory.  The
>>     default is to use the HOME environment variable setting from the
>>     shell running spamd.  By specifying no argument, spamd will use the
>>     spamc caller's home directory instead.
>>
>> Setting this should set the razor home directory when using spamc.  My 
>> spamd options are:
>>
>> --max-children=3 --helper-home-dir=/etc/spamassassin/helper-home-dir 
>> -s /var/log/spamassassin/spamd.log -x -Q
>>
>> This setup works for pyzor, because if I remove all the files from 
>> helper-home-dir and restart spamd, a .pyzor directory will be created. 
>> It seems to me that spamd is not properly setting the razor home 
>> environment.
>>
>> -- 
>> Chris
>>
> 
> The problem:
> 
> Razor-Log: Computed razorhome from env: 
> /etc/spamassassin/helper-home-dir/.razor
> Razor-Log: No razorhome found, using all defaults
> 
> After creating the /root/.razor files, copy the .razor directory to the 
> helper home.
> cp -r /root/.razor/ /etc/spamassassin/helper-home-dir/
> 

Okay, this is what finally fixed it.  I didn't actually copy the 
directory, but instead created an empty .razor directory.  When I 
restarted spamd, it created

razor-agent.log
server.c101.cloudmark.com.conf
servers.catalogue.lst
servers.discovery.lst
servers.nomination.lst

in that directory.  I thought that razor would create the .razor 
directory itself, but it wouldn't do that.  I actually ran 'razor-admin 
-create -home=/etc/spamassassin/helper-home-dir' earlier, but without 
the .razor as you suggested in your other mail.  Thanks again for the help.



-- 
Chris