Download from http://updates.f-prot.com/files/ failed

[Julian Field]

At 18:01 27/11/2002, you wrote:
>I changed it to
>
>$FallbackServer = 'ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/';

I have changed the autoupdate script to use this instead of the previous 
fallback server.

>And I was back in business.  I looked on the f-prot sight for the "manual 
>download of signatures" option.
>
>Scott Hancock
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Knutzen, Heinz (DZ-SH) [mailto:Heinz.Knutzen at DZSH.DE]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:36 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Download from http://updates.f-prot.com/files/ failed
> >
> >
> > See attached check-updates.sh from fp-linux_sb-3.12a.rpm
> > FALLBACKSERVER is still defined as "http://updates.f-prot.com/files/"
> > Still no proxy support there.
> >
> > Viele Grüße
> >
> > -- Heinz
> >
> >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > > Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 27. November 2002 15:37
> > > An: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Betreff: Re: Download from http://updates.f-prot.com/files/ failed
> > >
> > > Can you mail me the latest version of their check-updates.sh
> > > (or whatever
> > > their script is called that does the updates) so that I can get my
> > > autoupdate script to match please?
> > >
> > > At 12:23 27/11/2002, you wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >since yesterday I get error messages from the
> > > f-prot-autoupdate script:
> > > >         F-Prot signature file update script
> > > >         There is a new version of SIGN.DEF, starting download.
> > > >         Download from http://updates.f-prot.com/files/
> > > failed, exiting.,
> > > > Bad file descriptor at
> > > /usr/lib/MailScanner/f-prot-autoupdate line 297,
> > > > <TEMPFILE> line 2.
> > > >
> > > >There are 3 problems:
> > > >
> > > >1.
> > > >The download server in the output of
> > > >http://updates.f-prot.com/cgi-bin/check-updates?protocol=1&ru
> > > n_as=check_updates
> > > >is
> > > >S:ftp://eu-2.updates.f-prot.com/pub/
> > > >
> > > >Presumably, this has changed recently from a http:// to a
> > ftp:// server.
> > >Our server reaches the internet via a squid proxy server.
> > >Hence, we have a line
> > >         $HttpProxy  = 'x.x.x.x:3128';
> > >in our f-prot-autoupdate.
> > >But this isn't used for ftp:// downloads.
> > >I have solved this by adding a similar $FtpProxy variable
> > >which is used to set the appropriate environment variable:
> > >         $ENV{'ftp_proxy'} = $FtpProxy if $FtpProxy;
> > >
> > >2.
> > >f-prot-autoupdate uses a
> > >         $FallbackServer = 'http://updates.f-prot.com/files/';
> > >This doesn't work either.
> > >
> > >3.
> > >The error message is bad:
> > >         Bad file descriptor ...
> > >This script should simply exit and shouldn't try to read from a non
> > >existing file.
> > >Even better, the script should give some hint, for what
> > reason the get
> > >command failed.
> > >
> > >Viele Grüße
> > >
> > >-- Heinz Knutzen
> > >
> > >Datenzentrale Schleswig-Holstein
> > >Altenholzer Str. 10-14, 24161 Altenholz, Germany
> > >http://www.dzsh.de/
> > >mailto:heinz.knutzen at dzsh.de
> > >Tel: +49.431.3295.581 Fax: +49.431.3295.410
> >
> > --
> > Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> > jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> > Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
> >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
> >
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> >
> >

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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
                             Southampton SO17 1BJ