Hello, spamd daemon needs the TMPDIR environment variable to be set otherwise it won't deamonize and die please read the function preload_modules_with_tmp_homedir() in /usr/sbin/spamd perl script. Thx Jj
You are missing /tmp on your system or what? perldoc File::Spec <snip> tmpdir Returns a string representation of the first writable directory from a list of possible temporary directories. Returns the current directory if no writable temporary directories are found. The list of directories checked depends on the platform; e.g. File::Spec::Unix checks $ENV{TMPDIR} (unless taint is on) and /tmp. </snip>
(In reply to comment #1) > You are missing /tmp on your system or what? Of course not :), env | grep TMP TMPDIR=/var/tmp If i omit TMPDIR in the /etc/conf.d/spamd config file /etc/init.d/spamd won't work in daemon mode. Doesn't matter if it is set to /tmp or /var/tmp. /etc/profile is not called, it isn't a login session. To convince you, here is the result of env variable when called from /etc/init.d/spamd TERM=gnome SHELL=/bin/bash DEFAULTLEVEL=default LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 USER=root PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/ccache/bin:/usr/lib/distcc/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.1.1:/opt/ati/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/var/qmail/bin:/var/vpopmail/bin PWD=/var/log LANG=fr_FR BOOTLEVEL=boot SVCNAME=spamd CONSOLETYPE=pty SHLVL=1 HOME=/root SOFTLEVEL=default LC_TIME=fr_FR.utf8 _=/bin/env i added TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp} in /etc/init.d/spamd like workaround Jj
(In reply to comment #1) > You are missing /tmp on your system or what? Sorry, my fault. It isn't TMPDIR related. spamd simply doesn't work with -d option. I changed the title for a more accurate one. Anyway, thx for the help Jj
