SA Scoring

[Ed Bruce]

Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> Ed Bruce writes:
>> Glenn Steen wrote:
>>> On 17/05/06, --[UxBoD]-- <uxbod at splatnix.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi Scott,
>>>> oops again, upgraded DCC and was using wrong path :( with respect to
>>>> the bayes database yes I am using root. Should it be held under the
>>>> postfix
>>>> account ?
>>>
>>> Phil, if that path/files are readable by postfix (assuming you do the
>>> usual unprivileged chroot thing)... well, then that is fine. If not
>>> ... :-).
>>> Easiest test is to su into the postfix user account and rerun the SA
>>> lint from there... Search the output for "bayes":-).
>>> Ownership of the files/directories and/or permission "mask" might need
>>> be adjusted, if it isn't readable/writable.
>>> While you're at it (logged in as the postfix user), also look that
>>> pyzor/razor/dcc really works for that user too... It's rather common
>>> to make the postfix users homedir unwritable, so these might need some
>>> help too.
>> I have a question, since our postfix account is in a chroot jail and
>> can't be su'ed to, how do you check this out?
>
>
> I am not too sure but the regular method should work:
> [root at hostname ~]# su - postfix -s /bin/sh
> [postfix at hostname ~]$ spamassassin -D --lint -x
> - dhawal
>
Thanks that worked. Adding the -s option actually. Thanks again.