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

[Anders Andersson, IT]

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Gerry Doris [mailto:gerry at DORFAM.CA]
> Skickat: den 5 juli 2002 16:21
> Till: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Ämne: Re: SV: Newbie question.. mailscanner fail to start with mcafee
> 
> 
> On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Anders Andersson, IT 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/uvscan/mcafeewrapper(fixed typo)
> >
> 
> Do you have any mention of Sophos in mailscanner.conf that 
> isn't commented
> out?  That should be the only reason mailscanner is trying to 
> use Sophos.

Nope, I changed the above lines for pointing to mcafee

> 
> The only time I see messages about Sophos on my system (I use 
> f-prot) is
> after I do an update of mailscanner.  It happily adds an 
> entry to update
> Sophos in /etc/cron.daily that I have to go back and delete.
> 
> Gerry
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