URGENT: MailScanner quick test please

[Ugo Bellavance]

4.55.8

Result:

Jul 31 13:14:10 svr01 MailScanner[20302]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
Jul 31 13:14:11 svr01 MailScanner[24337]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
Jul 31 13:14:11 svr01 MailScanner[23584]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
Jul 31 13:14:11 svr01 MailScanner[8020]: MailScanner child caught a SIGHUP
Jul 31 13:14:14 svr01 MailScanner[1690]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus
Scanner version 4.55.8 starting...


Julian Field wrote:
> Please can you edit /usr/sbin/MailScanner and change line 525 to
> $SIG{'HUP'} = 'ReloadParent';
> It previously said that but with an "if" condition on the end of the line.
> 
> Not sure how that bug crept in, and I want to check it really is a bug 
> and that this fixes it.
> 
> Once you have changed the code and restarted MailScanner, please try
> 
> 	tail -f /var/log/maillog | grep Mail &
> 	service MailScanner reload
> 
> As soon as you do the reload, you should see a string of messages from 
> the child processes saying that they caught a signal, and are restarting 
> themselves.
> 
> Please can you quickly try this, today, and report your experiences.
> 
> Thanks folks!

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