Re: [vps-mail] SA & permissions, again

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:13:37AM -0700, Matt Cohen wrote:
> On this server, its my personal domain and one other (relative-owned) 
> business that I host, so centralized preferences isn't a problem, but 
> centralized saving of spam is not working.

I'm not sure how you've got things set up. Do you have a
/usr/local/etc/procmailrc file? Does it have SA scan all mail? Do you
also have a delivery option in that file (e.g., all mail previously
scanned as spam should go in a particular location, etc)?

Seeing some of the procmailrc file would be helpful.

> Questions:
> 
> 1)I'm using |/usr/local/bin/spamassassin instead of spamc - does that 
> have any effect in this case?

No.

> 2)I have one client (lliman@[multipledomans].com) that doesn't want 
> to use the central filters, so i his address whitelisted in 
> procmailrc after the clamav but before the SA block.  This works 
> fine, as spam for this user continues on until being run thru  his 
> personal rulesets.

That seems like a good solution.

> But then we run into problems with our previous setup:  Previous set 
> up was to have ham delivered as normal, and spam delivered to a 
> separate mail file in /var/mail so he could download it via POP - 
> call it llimanspam.  However, since procmail is running as the user, 
> it couldnt' write to llimanspam, and also couldn't create a lock file 
> in /var/mail

Ah. Maybe in the passwd file (/etc/master.passwd) you can make
llimanspam's UID the same as lliman's UID; this way lliman will have
the right permissions to write to that file.

The other option is to have the client use an imap client and just
drop the spam in their home directory. Imap clients can be taught to
look in the home directory for additional mailboxes.

> Do I want to dropprivs on this users $HOME/.procmailrc file as well 
> for this to work, or is my setup not feasable?

No--it doesn't make sense (or have an effect) to put a DROPPRIVS in
.procmailrc files (procmail has already dropped privileges from root
to the user).

> PS, scott - I know Rus' weakness is for Red Licorice - any personal 
> candy vice we can tempt you with as a 'thank you'?

Ask anyone. I like root beer (but I'm very particular in my root beer
tastes). Jones' and IBC are two of my favorites. But since you really
asked about candy (and root beer is not candy), I'd have to say that
red swedish fish, when close by, pose a serious threat to my attention
span and capacity to think rationally.

Scott
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Scott Wiersdorf
scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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