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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by John Fleming <jo...@wa9als.com> on 2004/09/05 20:41:15 UTC
Cannot write to journal and others
I have three questions regarding mail log excerpt at end of post.
1. Can't write to bayes_journal, Bayes db update ignored - My Bayes stuff
is in /var/.spamassassin as shown below. Here's the pertinent portion of
local.cf:
use_bayes 1
bayes_path /var/.spamassassin/bayes
bayes_file_mode 0777
bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.10
bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 7.00
bayes_auto_learn 1
Why can't it write to the journal with the mode 0777 set? I've used the
same configuration on Fedora Core 1 and 2 - current distro is Debian testing
(Sarge). In /var/.spamassassin, I have _toks and _seen files, but no
journal. Should I touch a journal file?? (Grasping here...) Any help
appreciated.
2. The second question might relate to the first. I'm not
auto-learning -anything-. I get a lot of ham and spam with extreme scores -
something should be learned. Will fixing the first problem solve this one?
3. Can someone explain the qmgr entries below? I don't remember seeing
thoe before.
Thanks again - John (log snippet below):
Sep 5 13:23:50 Luke postfix/smtpd[29947]: connect from
osiris.email.starband.net[148.78.247.140]
Sep 5 13:23:50 Luke postfix/smtpd[29947]: B706C33E67F:
client=osiris.email.starband.net[148.78.247.140]
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke postfix/cleanup[29950]: B706C33E67F:
message-id=<10...@excite.com>
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke postfix/qmgr[17562]: B706C33E67F:
from=<ad...@hotmail.com>, size=4475, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke spamd[14504]: connection from localhost.localdomain
[127.0.0.1] at port 57221
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke spamd[29971]: info: setuid to john succeeded
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke spamd[29971]: processing message
<10...@excite.com> for john:1000.
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke spamd[29971]: cannot write to
/var/.spamassassin/bayes_journal, Bayes db update ignored
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke spamd[29971]: identified spam (13.2/5.0) for john:1000
in 0.2 seconds, 4698 bytes.
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke postfix/local[29951]: B706C33E67F:
to=<jo...@wa9als.com>, relay=local, delay=6, status=sent (delivered to
command: /usr/bin/procmail)
Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke postfix/qmgr[17562]: B706C33E67F: removed
Re: Cannot write to journal and others
Posted by Raquel Rice <ra...@thericehouse.net>.
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:38:20 -0500
"John Fleming" <jo...@wa9als.com> wrote:
> > Check the permissions on the directory /var/.spamassassin I
> > believe it should be readable/writeable by all mail processes
> > ... by all
>
> It used to be 0666 - I changed it to 0777 with no effect. Looking
> at the_journal, _toks, and _seen files, they are all 777. For
> some reason, the journal is owned/group john and the others are
> root. However, at 777, I don't see why that should matter.
> Thanks any other insights. - John
I changed the reply to go to the list, which is where I think this
should stay.
Ownership of /var/.spamassassin should remail root:root but it
should be world readable/writeable. You don't say whether your
system is multi-user or single-user. Either way, when mail is
received, ownership of those files is changed to that of the mail
received. Mine are:
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 908561 Sep 7 11:47
auto-whitelist.dir
-rwxrwxrwx 2 root root 908561 Sep 7 11:47
auto-whitelist.pag
-rw-rw-rw- 1 raquel raquel 41727 Sep 7 11:47
bayes_journal
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1335296 Sep 7 11:47 bayes_seen
-rw-rw-rw- 1 raquel raquel 5513216 Sep 7 11:47 bayes_toks
--
Raquel
============================================================
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their
greatest happiness in using it.
--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Re: Cannot write to journal and others
Posted by Raquel Rice <ra...@thericehouse.net>.
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:41:15 -0500
"John Fleming" <jo...@wa9als.com> wrote:
> Sep 5 13:23:56 Luke spamd[29971]: cannot write to
> /var/.spamassassin/bayes_journal, Bayes db update ignored
Check the permissions on the directory /var/.spamassassin I believe
it should be readable/writeable by all mail processes ... by all
users.
--
Raquel
============================================================
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their
greatest happiness in using it.
--Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe