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lnx

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Registered: 2009-11-04

Posts: 108

Installing spamasassin

Hi,
I'm trying to install spamassassin using the spamassassin wiki. To  update the SpamAssassin matching patterns and to compile them (wiki 2.1), I have to run this command

[spamd]$ /usr/bin/vendor_perl/sa-update && /usr/bin/vendor_perl/sa-compile

I'm confused about the [spamd]$: do I have to switch to the spamd user to run the command or can I just ignore it
and run it as root?

Last edited by lnx (2025-05-08 19:10:22)

jl2

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Registered: 2022-06-01

Posts: 1,213

Re: Installing spamasassin

Isn't the whole idea behind putting it as it's own user so that you don't have to elevate?

I'd recommend a trial and error approach, if it would in any way pose a problem, I'd expect it to tell you that wherever you got the command from, or from the command itself.

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