[clue-tech] procmail: /tmp vs /var/tmp

[Angelo Bertolli]

David Anselmi wrote:

> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> [...]
>
>> FHS seems to imply that /var/lock is for devices...
>> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLOCKLOCKFILES
>>
>> I can't tell if that's what they're implying, or if they're just 
>> writing a big paragraph about devices to tell you the lock file 
>> naming convention.
>
>
> I think that's some baggage from UUCP days.  Seems like that kind of 
> device locking is rare these days.
>
> FWIW, mailman on Debian puts its locks in /var/lock.  I'd say that's 
> what you want.  How you arrange the permissions depends on how 
> procmail writes/rewrites it's locks.
>
>
Well is a directory /var/lock/spamassassin correct?  I hate to create a 
whole directory for just one lock file, but it's the only way I can get 
the permissions to work I think.

Angelo