Upgrading to 4.24-5

Kevin Miller Kevin_Miller at CI.JUNEAU.AK.US
Tue Oct 14 19:46:47 IST 2003 

Thanks - it was there after I did the install.  Worked pretty slick,
although the upgrade wasn't w/o gotchas.  When I tried to run
/etc/init.d/MailScanner start it reported failed, and gave some errors about
not finding Postfix (but did actually start).  In /etc/sysconfig/MailScanner
the default MTA was set to Postfix, so I rolled it back to sendmail, stopped
and restarted MailScanner and all's well.

Kind of odd, as there wasn't an rpmnew file in there, but the file had
apparently been changed as it had a 10/6 date on it if memory serves.  At
any rate sendmail is the default for 8.0, but perhaps not 8.1 so no matter
which way you set it you're gonna trip up someone.  Be nice if the
install.sh script recognized what MTA is being used and modified the
/etc/sysconfig/MailScanner file accordingly but it's an easy fix.  Maybe my
mentioning it will save someone else a bit of confusion.

Since I'm on a roll maybe I'll tackle Razor and DCC now.  I just added
Spamhaus to the list of RBLs (currently it and ORDB-RBL).  What else are
folks using?  I've lost track of what's still alive and what's been DoSed to
death.

All the best...

...Kevin
-------------------
Kevin Miller                Registered Linux User No: 307357
CBJ MIS Dept.               Network Systems Administrator, Mail
Administrator
155 South Seward Street     ph: (907) 586-0242
Juneau, Alaska 99801        fax: (907 586-4500


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Erik Jakobsen [mailto:eja at URBAKKEN.DK]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:34 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Upgrading to 4.24-5
>
>
>Kevin Miller wrote:
>> I just downloaded the SUSE 4.24-5 tarball from the webiste.
>I haven't run
>> install yet, but did untar it.  I don't see a
>upgrade_MailScanner_conf
>> script anywhere.  Is that installed by install.sh or do I
>need to download
>> that seperately?  Or was it just inadvertantly left out of
>the SUSE package?
>
>You find it in /usr/sbin, but should work from where you are.
>Take a look and you'll find it. I too had the same troubles some days
>ago, but finally it succeded.
>
>Feel free to ask agin.
>
>> Thanks much...
>>
>> ...Kevin
>> -------------------
>> Kevin Miller                Registered Linux User No: 307357
>> CBJ MIS Dept.               Network Systems Administrator, Mail
>> Administrator
>> 155 South Seward Street     ph: (907) 586-0242
>> Juneau, Alaska 99801        fax: (907 586-4500
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:05 AM
>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>Subject: Re: 4.24-5
>>>
>>>
>>>At 20:49 06/10/2003, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Erik
>>>>
>>>>Hi Michelle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>If you are running RedHat download and install:
>>>>>http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/rpm/MailSc
>>>
>>>anner-4.24-5.rp
>>>
>>>>>m.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>>Ok.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>You probably could get away with running:
>>>>>Rpm -Uvh mailscanner-4.24-5.noarch.rpm
>>>>>
>>>>>But running the install.sh is probably safer imho
>>>>
>>>>That means, that I have to uninstall the running version ?.
>>>
>>>No. If you have a very recent version already installed, just
>>>"rpm -Uvh"
>>>the new mailscanner*noarch.rpm file. Then run
>>>upgrade_MailScanner_conf and
>>>follow the instructions for the RPM installation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I had the idea, the the upgrade file could do an upgrade, but
>>>>understand, that I'm wrong in that.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for your reply.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>M
>>>>>
>>>>>Mr. Michele Neylon
>>>>>Blacknight Solutions
>>>>>http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
>>>>>http://www.search.ie/
>>>>>Probably the cheapest ie's in Ireland
>>>>>Tel. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>>>Fax. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: MailScanner mailing list
>>>>>>[mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Erik Jakobsen
>>>>>>Sent: 06 October 2003 20:36
>>>>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>>>Subject: Re: 4.24-5
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Erik
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If you are using REdHat using the RPM version makes a lot
>>>>>>
>>>>>>more sense.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It sounds to me that you are using the tar.gz version which
>>>>>>
>>>>>>would be
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>suited to Slackware etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I donwloaded the tar.gz for RedHat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>What we do is:
>>>>>>>1. Create a directory on /home for temporary work files 2. cd
>>>>>>>/home/work 3. wget blablah.rpm.tar.gz (from the MailScanner
>>>>>>
>>>>>>site) 4.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>tar -zxvf blah.rpm.tar.gz
>>>>>>>5 cd MailScanner-blah
>>>>>>>6 ./install.sh
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But I don't think its necessary to run the ./install.sh, as I
>>>>>>have the version before the released one today running.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The my opinion is, that what I need is using the upgrade
>>>>>>file, but I might be wrong in that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If your version of perl is ok it will install away without any
>>>>>>>intervention, then
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think it is, but how to be sure of it ?.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Cd /etc/MailScanner
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>upgrade_Mailscanner_conf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That's the file I think is the only one I need to run, to get
>>>>>>my running version up_to_date.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>It will give you a simple example of usage
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It gives me 2 examples. One for having used rpm, and the
>>>>>>other for tar.gz installed version.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Done
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Mr. Michele Neylon
>>>>>>>Blacknight Solutions
>>>>>>>http://www.blacknightsolutions.ie/
>>>>>>>http://www.search.ie/
>>>>>>>Probably the cheapest ie's in Ireland
>>>>>>>Tel. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>>>>>Fax. +353 (0)59 9139897
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>From: MailScanner mailing list
>>>>>>>>[mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Erik Jakobsen
>>>>>>>>Sent: 06 October 2003 19:32
>>>>>>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>>>>>Subject: 4.24-5
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I tried today to upgrade via the upgrade_Mailscanner_conf
>>>
>>>file. I'm
>>>
>>>>>>>>not sure with of the 2 options I shall choose, as I always
>>>>>>
>>>>>>unpack the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>tar.gz file using Midnight Commander on my Clarkconnect
>RedHat 9.0
>>>>>>>>server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>After the the package has been opened and shows the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>directory name, I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>copy the whole content to /opt, where its placed as
>>>>>>>>/opt/Mailscanner-4.24-5.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I think I just have to rename the 2 directories where the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>old and the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>new MailScanner are placed ?.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>What is difficult is to state, which of the 2 ones -rpm
>>>
>>>or tar.gz I
>>>
>>>>>>>>have used. I am quite sure its the last one, as I
>>>
>>>unpacked it using
>>>
>>>>>>>>the MC as mentioned uo the lines.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Can anyone help me to get it clear to me ?.
>>>>>>>>************************************************************
>>>>>>
>>>>>>*********
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you are using the RPM distributions then try this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>cd /etc/MailScanner
>>>>>>>>upgrade_MailScanner_conf MailScanner.conf
>>>
>>>MailScanner.conf.rpmnew >
>>>
>>>>>>>>MailScanner.new mv MailScanner.conf MailScanner.old mv
>>>>>>
>>>>>>MailScanner.new
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>MailScanner.conf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you are using the tar distribution so that the old
>>>
>>>version is in
>>>
>>>>>>>>/opt/MailScanner and the new one is in
>/opt/MailScanner.new then:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>cd /opt/MailScanner.new/etc
>>>>>>>>../bin/upgrade_MailScanner_conf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>/opt/MailScanner/etc/MailScanner.conf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>/opt/MailScanner.new/etc/MailScanner.conf > MailScanner.new mv
>>>>>>>>MailScanner.conf MailScanner.old mv MailScanner.new
>>>
>>>MailScanner.conf
>>>
>>>>>>>>**************************************************************
>>>>>>>>*********
>>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>/Erik
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>#########################################################
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>recipient
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>and may contain confidential and/or privileged material.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If you have
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>received this in error, please contact the sender and delete this
>>>>>>>message immediately.  Disclosure, copying or other
>action taken in
>>>>>>>respect of this email or in reliance to it is prohibited.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>
>>>>>>/Erik
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>#########################################################
>>>>>This message (and any attachment) is intended only for the
>>>>>recipient and may contain confidential and/or privileged
>>>>>material.  If you have received this in error, please contact the
>>>>>sender and delete this message immediately.  Disclosure, copying
>>>>>or other action taken in respect of this email or in
>>>>>reliance to it is prohibited.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>/Erik
>>>
>>>--
>>>Julian Field
>>>www.MailScanner.info
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>>
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>
>/Erik
>

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