SV: SV: Newbie question.. mailscanner fail to start with mcafee

[Anders Andersson, IT]

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> Skickat: den 5 juli 2002 16:07
> Till: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Ämne: Re: SV: Newbie question.. mailscanner fail to start with mcafee
> 
> 
> At 14:59 05/07/2002, you wrote:
> > >I've installed the mailscanner
> > >RedHat Linux RPM package version 3.21-1
> > >and the latest McAfee uvscan to my comp
> > >
> > >The installation of Mailscanner passed without
> > >any errors and I change the mailscann.conf
> > >to point to mcafee
> > >
> > >But when I try to start it I get the following msg
> > >
> > >root at knubbis root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mailscanner start
> > >Starting MailScanner daemons:
> > >          incoming sendmail: [  OK  ]
> > >          outgoing sendmail: [  OK  ]
> > >          MailScanner:       Configuration file
> >/opt/sophos/bin/sophoswrapper
> > >could not be opened for reading! at 
> /usr/local/MailScanner/bin/logger.pl
> > >line 64.
> > >[  OK  ]
> > >
> > >I tried to change the line in config.pl to use mcafee
> > >but no change.
> >
> > >>You shouldn't be editing that at all.
> >
> >I changed it back, I just tried it but it didnt help
> >
> > >Since Im not good at script I dont wanna mess around so Im
> > >hoping you can give me some information
> > >Packages are instlled under
> > >/usr/local/Mailscanner
> > >/usr/local/uvscan
> >
> > >>You say you changed "mailscann.conf". That's not what the 
> configuration
> > >>file is called, it's "mailscanner.conf".
> >
> >Sorry, a typo from me
> >I changed the lines in mailscanner.conf to use mcaffe
> >Virus scanner = mcafee
> >mcafee = /usr/local/uvscann/mcafeewrapper
> 
> Is that "uvscann" a typo or not?
Damn, typo again, excuse my manners

> It should of course be "uvscan".
> 
> 
> If you can't get it running, and you can give me ssh access 
> and the root
> password, I'll log on and sort it out for you.

No ssh is allowed from outside world and that is not 
something thats gona change. 
I can pack them and send all files but 
then I need to know what you need

What I cant understand is why its giving me errors about
sophos. Maybe I should use the tar file and compile it
but since Im not sure that will help. 

> 
> 
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> Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
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