Missing f-protwrapper

[Julian Field]

The f-protwrapper is installed by the MailScanner RPM, and can be found in
/usr/local/f-prot/f-protwrapper

However, do read this:
http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/faq.shtml#24

At 16:28 26/07/2002, you wrote:
>Hello...
>I have a feeling this is a stupid question
>because no one else is posting about it
>(and I've searched the archives)
>
>if so...I apologize...
>
>
>I'm running RedHat Linux 7.3 and have installed
>MailScanner version 3.22-7. I'm trying to use F-prot
>as the virus scanner (version 3.12a).
>
>Both were installed using the RPM.
>
>In the mailscanner.conf file, I changed the 'Virus Scanner'
>entry from 'sophos' to 'f-prot'. I want to change the 'Sweep'
>entry to the correct wrapper, however, there was no 'f-protwrapper'
>file in this f-prot distribution.
>
>If I comment out the 'Sweep' line, this message is displayed:
>
>MailScanner:       Configuration file /opt/sophos/bin/sophoswrapper could
>not be opened for reading! at /usr/local/MailScanner/bin/logger.pl line 64.
>
>and MailScanner fails to start.
>
>If I leave the 'Sweep' line pointing to the non-existent sophoswrapper,
>MailScanner starts
>but then MailScanner complains that it can not execute sophoswrapper.
>
>We've tested MailScanner and it seems to work. It detected and cleaned
>email with attachments we knew to be infected.
>
>
>How should MailScanner be configured without the f-protwrapper file?

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