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Posted to commits@spamassassin.apache.org by he...@apache.org on 2022/04/25 08:10:56 UTC

svn commit: r1900253 - /spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL

Author: hege
Date: Mon Apr 25 08:10:56 2022
New Revision: 1900253

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1900253&view=rev
Log:
Update docs

Modified:
    spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL

Modified: spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL?rev=1900253&r1=1900252&r2=1900253&view=diff
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--- spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL (original)
+++ spamassassin/trunk/INSTALL Mon Apr 25 08:10:56 2022
@@ -147,9 +147,14 @@ Installing rules from network is done wi
         sa-update
 
 For security reasons, it should not be run as root, but as the user normally
-running SpamAssassin.  You need to change ownership of LOCAL_STATE_DIR to
-that user (usually: chown -R user:user /var/lib/spamassassin).  You can find
-out the default directory with sa-update --help (look for --updatedir).
+running SpamAssassin.  You can run the initial setup once as root, to create
+necessary directories etc.  Then you need to change ownership of
+LOCAL_STATE_DIR to that user (usually: chown -R user:user
+/var/lib/spamassassin), you can find out the default directory with
+sa-update --help (look for --updatedir).  Same needs to be done for
+LOCAL_RULES_DIR/sa-update-keys (usually: chown -R user:user
+/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys), the directory can be found with
+spamassassin --help (look for --siteconfigpath).
 
 If you wish to install rules from downloaded files, rather than "live" from
 the latest online ruleset, here is how to do it.