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FS#38115 - [spamassassin] /var/lib/spamassassin should be owned by nobody:nobody

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Rasmus Edgar (ashren) - Thursday, 12 December 2013, 09:25 GMT
Last edited by Florian Pritz (bluewind) - Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 21:25 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

Spamassassin's home /var/lib/spamassassin should be owned by nobody:nobody since the spamd daemon runs as nobody.

If /var/lib/spamassassin is owned by spamd following errors will occur:

Dec 12 10:07:26 <server name> spamd[691]: plugin: eval failed: bayes: (in learn) locker: safe_lock: cannot create tmp lockfile /var/lib/spamassassin/bayes.lock.<server.fqdn>.691 for /var/lib/spamassassin/bayes.lock: Permission denied

Additional info:
* extra/spamassassin 3.3.2-9
* /var/lib/spamassassin


Steps to reproduce:
Configure spamassassin with postfix. Start daemon and watch log files.
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Closed by  Florian Pritz (bluewind)
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 21:25 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  spamassassin 3.4.0-1

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