cannot change scores in /etc/spamassassin/local.cf

[Antonio J. de Oliveira]

Binary package hint: spamassassin

Hello

Running ubuntu lucid lynx 2.6.32-27-generic-pae 32-bit and spamassassin 3.3.1
I can create rules and check that those are applied.
Any created rule has a score of 1.0, in spite I assign a score in local.cf with.

e.g.
header LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_SUBJECT Subject =~ /\btest\b/i
score LOCAL_DEMONSTRATION_FROM 0.1

score<space>RULLE<tab>n.n

if i try to modify existing rules, the result is the same score is not applied.

all other options configured in local.cf work.

Cheers

Antonio

[Antonio J. de Oliveira (ajoliveira)]

Additionally:

Tried with allow_use_rules 1. Put a .spamassassin with a file user_prefs inside, on the user directory (I am running using a spamd user). Result is the same.

Best regards

Antonio

[Antonio J. de Oliveira (ajoliveira)]

The bug title should read:

cannot change scores in /etc/spamassassin/local.cf

sorry for the inconvenience...

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:
1. Is this reproducible?
2. If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug? Be as detailed as possible.
This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

[Antonio J. de Oliveira (ajoliveira)]

Hi

1. Yes, I have an installed system where the behavior is as described and does not change.
2. Just install the system.

This is what I did:

***************
Install Spamassassin
apt-get install spamassassin spamc
Configure Spamassassin user and group
We want it to run as non-root, so add a spamd user and group:

# groupadd spamd
# useradd -g spamd -s /bin/false -d /var/log/spamassassin spamd
# mkdir /var/log/spamassassin
# chown spamd:spamd /var/log/spamassassin
(This sets the spamd user's home directory as /var/log/spamassassin.)

Configure Spamassassin
Edit /etc/default/spamassassin so these options are set:

ENABLED=1

SAHOME="/var/log/spamassassin/"

OPTIONS="--create-prefs --max-children 2 --username spamd \
-H ${SAHOME} -s ${SAHOME}spamd.log"
--max-children spawns the specified number of child processes (you might need more on a busy server), --username specifies the username spamd runs under, -H sets the home directory, -s sets the log file.

(I left the rest of the file alone, and didn't touch /etc/spamassassin/local.cf.)

Start the Spamassassin daemon (spamd)
/etc/init.d/spamassassin start
(By default, spamassassin gets added to the startup scripts by Ubuntu, so it will start/stop with your system.)

Configure Postfix to use Spamassassin as a filter
This makes Postfix pipe email to Spamassassin once it's been received. Edit /etc/postfix/master.cf and add this line as the first line of the file:

smtp inet n - - - - smtpd
        -o content_filter=spamassassin
Add this to the end of the same file:

spamassassin unix - n n - - pipe
        user=spamd argv=/usr/bin/spamc -f -e
        /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}

install libmail-spf-query-perl librazor2-perl pyzor dcc (the latter is extern to the repos)
verify if spf is there
perl -e 'require Mail::SPF::Query'
razor-admin -create
razor-admin -discover
razor-admin -register
pyzor discover

attached is my local.cf

I tried to create an user_prefs as attached on the .spamassassin directory under /var/log/spamassassin. As you see, my local.cf has allow_use_rules 1.

All file permissions were checked and are:

-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 3247 2011-01-13 15:58 local.cf
-rwxrwxr-x 1 spamd spamd 1484 2011-01-17 17:57 user_prefs

 I am ready to conduct further tests you find adequate

Best regards

Antonio

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for spamassassin (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Antonio J. de Oliveira (ajoliveira)]

Tested today and the bug is still there. It is not up to me to take further action, and the release I am referring to is an LTS.

[Antonio J. de Oliveira (ajoliveira)]

After further testing, marked as invalid, there was a typo in my local.cf as can be seen in my initial post. Thanks for your time.