update_virus_scanners not working

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

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Montana M wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using MailScanner 4.36.4 and SA 3.0.1. My Mailscanner seem not
> updating clamav or bitdefender. When i do :
> # update_virus_scanners
> and then nothing happen.


wait a few minutes,
it will sleep a random time.

> Not in MailScanner log either.. I have to
> manually update clamav with freshclam.


try  clamav-autoupdate

# /usr/lib/MailScanner/clamav-autoupdate
ERROR: Can't create new file ./clamav-434b0a9432802048 in
/usr/local/share/clamav
ERROR: The database directory must be writable for UID 501 or GID 501
ERROR: Can't download main.cvd from 194.242.226.43

[...]

# /usr/lib/MailScanner/clamav-autoupdate
#

all is ok

# tail -f /var/log/maillog
Dec  2 08:31:36 xp1800 update.virus.scanners: Found clamav installed
Dec  2 08:31:37 xp1800 update.virus.scanners: Running autoupdate for clamav
Dec  2 08:31:41 xp1800 ClamAV-autoupdate[13529]: ClamAV updater failed
Dec  2 08:31:41 xp1800 update.virus.scanners: Found generic installed
Dec  2 08:31:41 xp1800 update.virus.scanners: Running autoupdate for generic
Dec  2 08:31:41 xp1800 update.virus.scanners: Found sophos installed
Dec  2 08:31:41 xp1800 update.virus.scanners: Running autoupdate for sophos
Dec  2 08:31:49 xp1800 Sophos-autoupdate[13618]: Sophos successfully
updated in /usr/local/Sophos/387.200412020831
Dec  2 08:32:50 xp1800 ClamAV-autoupdate[13637]: ClamAV updater failed
Dec  2 08:33:58 xp1800 ClamAV-autoupdate[13644]: ClamAV updated

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shrek-m

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