Why do I keep getting .spamassassin/ .pyzor/ .razor/ in my /

[Remco Barendse]

Thanks! That solved the issue. Haven't got a clue however why I did not
run into this problem earlier or on other boxes I installed.

I checked the HOME setting for cron in /etc/passwd but not the HOME
setting in /etc/crontab


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Koen Teugels wrote:

> on RH you have to change in the /etc/crontab HOME to /root if you run
> the updates in cron.. Maybe on other linux dist. is it the same.
>
> Koen
>
> Remco Barendse wrote:
>
>> Could it be one of the perl modules that is outdated?
>>
>> I do remember seeing something similar on the list.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Remco
>>
>> On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, Remco Barendse wrote:
>>
>>> This is from /etc/passwd
>>> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>>> cron:x:16:16:cron:/var/spool/cron:/bin/false
>>>
>>> Guess that's not it, nor the root of the cron user?
>>>
>>> I have this behaviour on a gentoo box and on a RHEL box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, Julian Field wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, but where is the home dir of the root user, according to
>>>> /etc/passwd?
>>>>
>>>> Remco Barendse wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi list!
>>>>>
>>>>> I keep finding directories for .spamassassin/ .pyzor/ .razor/ in
>>>>> the
>>>>> root
>>>>> of my filesystem.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I delete them, they keep coming back. Shouldn't they be in the
>>>>> homedir of the root user?
>>>>
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