buglet in update_virus_scanners

[Julian Field]

Good idea. Done both. I've reworded your MailScanner.conf comment, but it
basically says the same thing.

At 14:26 15/08/2003, you wrote:
>Julian,
>
>Due to my posting yesterday, and Kevin Spicer's reply about
>using update_virus_scanners, I discovered a buglet in this
>script that is also in 4.23-5.  The lockfile in the script
>uses directory "/var/lock".  No such directory in Solaris;
>I would suggest changing this to /tmp instead.
>
>The addition of the base pathname for the anti-virus products
>in etc/virus.scanners.conf is a big help since I keep mine in
>/opt.  You might want to add a comment in MailScanner.conf, eg:
>
>*** MailScanner.conf.orig       Fri Aug 15 09:22:11 2003
>--- MailScanner.conf    Fri Aug 15 09:25:16 2003
>***************
>*** 236,241 ****
>--- 236,245 ----
>   # space-separated list of virus scanners. For example:
>   # Virus Scanners = sophos f-prot mcafee
>   #
>+ # Note: Make sure that you edit virus.scanners.conf and check that the
>+ # base pathnames (third column) of the products you use match their
>+ # locations on your system.
>+ #
>   Virus Scanners = none
>
>   # The maximum length of time the commercial virus scanner is allowed to run
>
>Thanks, Jeff Earickson

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