Sophos Installation

[Julian Field]

At 21:35 25/10/2002, you wrote:
>I just installed Sophos 3.63 using /usr/sbin/Sophos.install and at the end
>of the installation it reported the following:
>
>===> Checking paths are accessible
>Warning: $PATH does not include /usr/local/Sophos/bin
>          To run Sophos Anti-Virus you need to set environment variable
>$PATH so
>          that it includes /usr/local/Sophos/bin.
>
>Warning: Neither $LD_LIBRARY_PATH nor /etc/ld.so.conf include
>          /usr/local/Sophos/lib.
>          You need to either include an entry for /usr/local/Sophos/lib in
>          /etc/ld.so.conf, or set environment variable $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to
>          include /usr/local/Sophos/lib or you will not be able to use Sophos
>          Anti-Virus.
>
>          Manual path is OK
>Some environment variables may need to be set on your system. To make these
>settings permanent, add them to your login script or profile; to make these
>settings systemwide, amend /etc/login or /etc/profile.
>
>Do I need to make these suggested changes for MailScanner to be able to
>use Sophos?

Don't worry, the /usr/lib/MailScanner/sophos-wrapper script takes care of
all that for you.
To prove it, do
         /usr/lib/MailScanner/sophos-wrapper /tmp
and check it prints something sensible.
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