Error Starting MS in Debug mode

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sun Nov 16 17:14:57 GMT 2003 

Go back and check out the first security patch. The fact that it couldn't
"seem to find a patch in there anywhere" means that something is badly
wrong with the patch file. If it meant that the patch was already
installed, it would have told you. Download it again and try very hard to
apply it, it is important. You will leave nasty security holes open on your
system if you do not successfully apply every bit of every patch. They are
all there for a reason :-)

The unix dgram problem you are seeing implies to me you are running on a
new Solaris system, possibly with Perl 5.8.1 or 5.8.2. Look in
/opt/MailScanner/lib/MailScanner/Log.pm and change 'unix' to 'stream'
(somewhere around line 67 if I remember rightly). I have fixed this problem
in the latest beta release, you shouldn't see it any more if using the
latest code. If changing 'unix' to 'stream' doesn't solve the problem, just
comment out the whole of that line, it's not vital on Solaris anyway.

At 16:57 16/11/2003, you wrote:
>Hello Julian
>
>Right you are, I headed back a directory and it appears as though all the
>patches took except for the first one, maybe it was already installed.
>
>smtp:/temp# patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch.txt
>   Looks like a new-style context diff.
>   The next patch looks like a new-style context diff.
>   I can't seem to find a patch in there anywhere.
>smtp:/temp# patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch2.txt
>   Looks like a unified context diff.
>done
>smtp:/temp# patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch3.txt
>   Looks like a unified context diff.
>done
>smtp:/temp# patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch4.txt
>   Looks like a unified context diff.
>done
>
>So I am not getting the ToolUtils error any more, I am getting a new
>error:
>
>/opt/MailScanner/bin/check_mailscanner
>Starting MailScanner...
>In Debugging mode, not forking...
>unix dgram connect: Socket operation on non-socket at
>/opt/MailScanner/lib/MailScanner/Log.pm line 132
>no connection to syslog available at
>/opt/MailScanner/lib/MailScanner/Log.pm line 132
>
>sorry for all these problems.
>
>Rick
>
>
>On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Julian Field wrote:
>
> > At 16:00 16/11/2003, you wrote:
> > >I am running it exactly as Julian had posted a while back
> > >
> > >tar xzf MIME-tools-5.411.tar.gz
> > >cd MIME-tools-5.411  <====== This is wrong. Shouldn't do that.
> > >patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch.txt
> > >patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch2.txt
> > >patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch3.txt
> > >patch -p0 < mime-tools-patch4.txt
> > >cd MIME-tools-5.411
> > >perl Makefile.PL
> > >make
> > >make test
> > >make install
> > >
> > >Rick
> > >
> > >On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
> > >
> > > > Are you running that command in the directory where you are
> supposed to?
> > > > Silly question possibly, but .. ...
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Michele Neylon
> > > > Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd
> > > > http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
> > > > http://www.search.ie/
> > > > Tel. + 353 (0)59 9139897
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > > > > Behalf Of MailScanner Mailbox
> > > > > Sent: 16 November 2003 15:47
> > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > Subject: Re: Error Starting MS in Debog mode
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello
> > > > >
> > > > > Well it looks like I had MIME::Tools 6.200_02 installed.
> > > > > I removed it and downloaded 5.411a as well as the patches.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now when installing the patches "patch -p0 <
> mime-tools-patch.txt" I get
> > > > > the prompt:
> > > > >
> > > > >   Looks like a new-style context diff.
> > > > > File to patch:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have no idea which file should be patched.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry if this as been done to death
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Rick
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Julian Field wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > At 14:40 16/11/2003, you wrote:
> > > > > > >Hello
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Yes Mime::Tools is installed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >cpan> install MIME::Tools
> > > > > > >MIME::Tools is up to date.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In which case you have either
> > > > > > (a) the wrong version
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > (b) a version without any of the necessary security patches.
> > > > > Please install
> > > > > > it as per the instructions on the MailScanner website, this
> > > > > will apply some
> > > > > > very important security patches.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > MailScanner itself certainly doesn't require MIME::ToolUtils,
> it's not
> > > > > > installed on my systems at all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >Also it is in the same path as all the other required modules,
> > > > > I even went
> > > > > > >as far as to try and create a link between MIME::ToolUtils and
> > > > > MIME::Tools
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Rick
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Julian Field wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > At 22:47 15/11/2003, you wrote:
> > > > > > > > >Hello
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >I have perl 5.8.1
> > > > > > > > >MS 4.24-5
> > > > > > > > >SA 2.60
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >AFAIK I have all required modules installed, MS appears to
> > > start ok
> > > > > > > > >however nothing is written to the log files and the mail
> > > > > in the queue is
> > > > > > > > >un-touched. It does show that MailScanner is running:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >root   665     1  0 14:23:27 ?        0:00
> /usr/lib/sendmail -bd
> > > > > > > > >-ODeliveryMode=queueonly -OQueueDirectory=/var/spool/mqueue.in
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > As it says, that is sendmail and not MailScanner itself.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >When I try running MS in de-bugging mode I get the following
> > > error:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >./check_mailscanner.solaris
> > > > > > > > >Starting MailScanner...
> > > > > > > > >In Debugging mode, not forking...
> > > > > > > > >Can't locate object method "config" via package
> > > > > "MIME::ToolUtils" at
> > > > > > > > >/opt/MailScanner/bin/MailScanner line 571.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >I do not have a ToolUtils package and could not seem to
> > > > > find one via cpan.
> > > > > > > > >Or am I getting sidetracked away form the original problem
> > > > > by going after
> > > > > > > > >the debugging problem?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In which case you have not installed MIME-tools. Please
> > > > > read and follow the
> > > > > > > > installation instructions on the web site
> > > > > > > > http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/install/other.shtml
> > > > > > > >
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