Topic: Mail log error message - ignore?

[gardnc]

SMW 6.0.1 with sme.swerts-knudsen.dk clam and spamassassian.  I'm getting this error in the mail log.  Repeated it looks, for every incoming email.
"Cannot write to /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin/user_prefs"

Seems to be working properly.  Does anyone know if this can be safely ignored?

Thanks for any insights.

Larry

[SSBN]

I am experiencing the same problem. Do any of you know what it may be?

[smeghead]

No real prob but can inhibit certain features of SA, to fix run:

mkdir -p /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin
chmod 755 /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin
chown alias:qmail /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin

touch /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin/user_prefs
chmod 666 /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin/user_prefs
chown qmailq:qmail /var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin/user_prefs

HTH

[gardnc]

Thanks for the response.  Seems to resolve the error message.

Larry

[SSBN]

My error is ever so slightly different.
Cannot write to /var/qmail/.spamassassin/user_prefs: No such file or directory

It is not trying to get the file from the alias directory just the qmail. Here is a copy of what the other person had.

/var/qmail/alias/.spamassassin/user_prefs

Can I change where spamassassin wrights to or should I apply your fix to my directory. If I do could it cause problems.

[smeghead]

.. the fix will work for you as well, with the appropriate path changes