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[Chuck Swiger]

Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
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> It does not worl as expected. it says,
> 
> still running as root. user not specified with -u option. it can not
> create .spamassasin/.user_prefs files under user directiries. But it 
> creats  .spamassasin/.user_prefs under root.
> 
> Why ? pls help me.

It told you.  Follow the instructions if you want to change things; if you have
a vscan user account, for example, that you want SpamAssassin to run as, add:

   -u vscan

...to the sa-spamd startup scripts' flags...

-- 
-Chuck