RE: -u option on CVS

[Daniel A. Deitch]

Alright ... I thought I had a handle on this ... maybe I do or maybe I
don't.

With this line in rc.conf:

        spamass_milter_flags="-x -u sharedspam -r 15 -d rcpt"

and all else standard, the milter should run spamd, check for a local
user and use their user_prefs, resolve virtmap and look for local user
and use their user_prefs, then if no local or virtmap local user is
found, resort to "sharedspam" as the user.

My maillogs show:

        info: setuid to localuser succeeded

and shows:

        info: setuid to virtmaplocaluser succeeded

but I never see:

        info: setuid to sharedspam succeeded

only:

        Still running as root: user not specified with -u, not found, or
set 
        to root.  Fall back to nobody.
 
For any pure virtual users with no local presence.

I tried Dan's suggestion of altering /usr/local/bin/spamd to change the
"revert to" user. But spamd just ignored the user_prefs in that folder
...

Do I have this right? Or am I whistling Dixie and giving myself a
headache.

Many thanks.

Daniel
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Daniel A. Deitch, President * iTrain Technologies, Ltd.
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-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
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Behalf Of Daniel A. Deitch
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 3:45 PM
To: Dan Nelson
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Subject: RE: -u option on CVS

Ok thanks ...

Should I see this line in the log with that you had me change?

        info: setuid to sharedspam succeeded

I tried putting a rule in the user_prefs of sharedspam instead of
local.cf and it didn't appear to use the file.

Daniel 

________________________________

Daniel A. Deitch, President * iTrain Technologies, Ltd.
po box 13833 * atlanta, ga   30324-0833 * 404-876-1929 (o)
404-935-5005 (f) * www.goitrain.com 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Nelson [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:53 AM
To: Daniel A. Deitch
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: -u option on CVS

In the last episode (Feb 07), Daniel A. Deitch said:
> Simple idea ... I like it ...
> 
> Also, if I change the default user like this, then should I take the
> "-u sharedspam" flag out of rc.conf? Seems kind of redundant ..

No; you still need it.  Otherwise spamass-milter won't even look for
usernames and SpamAssassin will just use root's settings alll the time.

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        Dan Nelson
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