[Mimedefang] cannot write to /var/spool/MIMEDefang_journal

[SRAR Mail Administrator]

On May 4, 2004, at 5:14 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:

> Am Di, den 04.05.2004 schrieb SRAR Mail Administrator um 00:28:
>
>> May  3 15:11:17 meow mimedefang-multiplexor: Slave 0 stderr: cannot
>> write to /var/spool/MIMEDefang_journal, Bayes db update ignored
>>
>> Here is the /var/spool/MIMEDefang directory:
>
>> -rw-rw-rw-    1 defang   defang      71028 Apr 17 23:07
>> MIMEDefang_journal
>
>> I changed MIMEDefang_journal to  -rwxrwxrwx to see if that would make 
>> a
>> difference. It didn't.
>>
>> Here are my bayes-related entries in
>> /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf:
>> auto_learn              1
>> bayes_auto_expire                       1
>> bayes_path                              /var/spool/MIMEDefang
>
>> Can anyone clue me into what I need to do to fix it?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> -Loren
>
> bayes_path /var/spool/MIMEDefang/bayes

That fixed it, thanks.

>
> So the journal file would be named bayes_journal. The permissions are
> bad too, allowing write for the world.
>
>> I changed MIMEDefang_journal to  -rwxrwxrwx to see if that would make 
>> a
>> difference. It didn't.
>>

> Btw. I am running that setup on a Fedora box too. And you should update
> your kernel to latest .2188 release, because yours has vulnerabilities.

That was the reason for the reboot. I typo'd the grub.conf (do you 
sense a pattern here?). I rebooted again. and the newest kernel is in.

Thanks.
-Loren

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