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Re: Problem with Spamassassin since upgrade (permissions)



If required, i could also paste the strace somewhere

Am 29.05.2014 02:32, schrieb Bob Proulx:
> Oliver Zemann wrote:
>> Really no one here who could help me with that?
> 
> Probably no one is running amavis-new plus spamassassin plus getting
> that message.  I am not.
> 
>> I am recieving an error by cron since a couple of weeks. I cant remember
>> exactly what was updated, but i am pretty sure it was very related to
>> that. Before that update, i never got such emails:
> 
> What version of spamassassin are you running?  And amavis-new?
> 
> Wheezy Stable?  Jessie Testing?  Or Sid Unstable?
> 
>> subject: Cron <amavis@xxx> test -e /usr/sbin/amavisd-new-cronjob && /usr/sbin/amavisd-new-cronjob sa-sync
> 
> I am not running amavis-new so some of this will be guessing.
> 
>> config: path "/var/lib/spamassassin/3.003002" is inaccessible:
>> Permission denied
> 
> This is usually due to someone running sa-update as root instead of as
> the debian-spamd user.  They run as root.  This creates (or possibly
> changes) the ownership to root.  Then the normal run by cron as the
> debian-spamd user can't access the files.
> 
>> root@xxx:~# ls -lah /var/lib/spamassassin/
>> total 24M
>> drwxrwx---  6 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K May 21 23:57 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 49 root         root         4.0K May  3 17:18 ..
>> drwxrwxr-x  3 amavis       debian-spamd 4.0K May  4 18:21 3.003002
>> drwx------  2 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Jan 12 13:37 .pyzor
>> drwxrwxr-x  2 spamd        root         4.0K Jan 12 13:15 sa-update-keys
>> -rw-rw----  1 debian-spamd debian-spamd  24M May 24 08:02 spamd.log
>> drw-rw----  3 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Jan 12 13:40 users
> 
> On my system:
> 
>   # ls -lah /var/lib/spamassassin/
>   total 24K
>   drwxr-xr-x   6 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Mar  4 09:26 .
>   drwxr-xr-x 105 root         root         4.0K May  7 10:34 ..
>   drwx------   3 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Mar  4 09:26 .spamassassin
>   drwxrwxr-x   4 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Apr 19 07:07 3.004000
>   drwxr-xr-x   3 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Mar  4 09:26 compiled
>   drwx------   2 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K May 28 18:01 sa-update-keys
> 
> Your directories are owned by the incorrect users.  I would start
> fixing things there.
> 
>> root@xxx:~# ls -lah /var/lib/spamassassin/3.003002/
>> total 16K
>> drwxrwxr-x 3 amavis       debian-spamd 4.0K May  4 18:21 .
>> drwxrwx--- 6 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K May 21 23:57 ..
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amavis       debian-spamd    0 May  4 18:21 languages
>> drw-rw---- 2 amavis       debian-spamd 4.0K May  4 18:19 updates_spamassassin_org
>> -rw-rw---- 1 amavis       debian-spamd 2.7K Apr 29 20:38 updates_spamassassin_org.cf
> 
> On my system:
> 
>   # ls -lah /var/lib/spamassassin/3.004000/
>   total 24K
>   drwxrwxr-x 4 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Apr 19 07:07 .
>   drwxr-xr-x 6 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Mar  4 09:26 ..
>   drwxrwxr-x 2 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Feb 23 19:01 sought_rules_yerp_org
>   -rw-rw-r-- 1 debian-spamd debian-spamd  123 Feb 23 19:01 sought_rules_yerp_org.cf
>   drwxrwxr-x 2 debian-spamd debian-spamd 4.0K Apr 19 07:07 updates_spamassassin_org
>   -rw-rw-r-- 1 debian-spamd debian-spamd 2.7K Apr 19 07:07 updates_spamassassin_org.cf
> 
>> When i execute that command as user amavis (su - amavis), i get the
>> exactly same error. Can someone please tell me whats wrong?
> 
> I think if you fix the ownership of the files then I think it likely
> that your problem will be solved.  If not then please report back.
> 
> Bob
> 


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