HELP - Viruses are not detected

[Julian Field]

Can you give me access to your mail server? It's usually a lot faster for
me to take a look and try things out directly on your server than have an
endless "How about this?" discussion.

At 18:47 08/03/2003, you wrote:
>Hi Julian,
>
> > By default these files are in /opt/MailScanner, not
> > /usr/local/MailScanner.
>
>I know.
>
> > If you are really using
> > /usr/local/MailScanner/etc for these, where have you put the
> > -wrapper scripts?
>
>In /usr/local/MailScanner/lib
>
>
> > Does the location of your -wrapper scripts
> > match with the contents of you virus.scanners.conf file?
>
>It does I checked.
>
> > If
> > you are using a mixture of /opt and /usr/local, that could
> > cause you all sorts of problems with settings not matching up
> > with the right locations.
>
>I checked all locations and am running this config for months now. No
>problems so far.
>
>I put some trace statements into the mcafee-wrapper script and I am
>positive that it is being called:
>
>--recursive --ignore-links --analyze --mime --secure --noboot .
>PWD:/usr/local/MailScanner-4.13.3/lib
>$0:/usr/local/MailScanner/lib/mcafee-wrapper
>$1:--recursive
>$2:--ignore-links
>$3:--analyze
>$4:--mime
>$5:--secure
>$7:.
>
>Should PWD not be something like /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming or so?
>
>Moreover, if I change the name of that wrapper script, MailScanner gives
>me an error. And: Even if there were a config error with /usr/local and
>/opt, should the filename rules not be obeyes? They are not.
>
> > It looks like you have got the 2 directories confused a bit.
>
>Don't think so but in case I just linked /usr/local/MailScanner to
>/opt/MailScanner. Still no change.
>
> > In the conf file you mailed me, you hadn't set the "Run as
> > user" or "run as group" options, which are normally used for
> > Exim setups.
>
>Just changed that as well. No change.
>
>Sure this is no bug?
>
>Thanks for the quick help over the weekend. I appreciate this a lot.
>
>Regards,
>   JP

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