Re: Really, really dumb question - startup sequence for sendmail/spamassassin/spamass-milter

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Feb 05), Terry Kennedy said:
>   I have a really dumb question. What is the recommended start
> sequence for sendmail (8.12.7, both the sendmail-mta and
> sendmail-queue daemons), spam- assassin (2.44, with spamd), and
> spamass-milter (0.1.3a) on a BSD/OS (should be similar to the other
> *BSD's) system?
> 
>   I had this working in the past with the following in /etc/rc:
> 
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd -q30m
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m
> 
>   and then in /etc/rc.local doing:
> 
> /usr/bin/spamd -d -u spamd
> /usr/local/bin/spamass-milter -f -p /var/run/spamass.sock
> 
>   This was working until I upgraded all of the software (sendmail
> from 8.12.6 to 8.12.7, spamassassin from 2.43 to 2.44, and
> spamass-milter from 1.2 to 1.3a). On a reboot, I got:
> 
> Feb  5 03:58:34 gate sm-mta[248]: starting daemon (8.12.7): 
> address@hidden:30:00
> Feb  5 03:58:34 gate sm-msp-queue[251]: starting daemon (8.12.7): 
> address@hidden:30:00
> Feb  5 03:58:46 gate spamass-milter[322]: spamass-milter 0.1.3a starting
> Feb  5 03:58:48 gate spamd[320]: server started on port 783 (running version 
> 2.44)
> Feb  5 03:58:52 gate spamass-milter[322]: spamass-milter 0.1.3a exiting
> Feb  5 04:00:59 gate sm-mta[522]: h1590mvx000522: Milter (spamassassin): 
> local socket name /var/run/spamass.sock unsafe
> Feb  5 04:00:59 gate sm-mta[522]: h1590mvx000522: Milter (spamassassin): to 
> error state

This might be due to a /var/run directory with too-open permissions;
make sure it's not writable by group or other.  Sendmail has a bad
habit of crying "Insecure file/directory" without telling you exactly
what is wrong...

It shouldn't matter which order sendmail and the milter run in.  If
sendmail starts before milters, you get a "WARNING: Xspamassassin:
local socket name /var/run/spamass.sock missing" message, but as soon
as the milter is started sendmail should start using it.

-- 
        Dan Nelson
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