Error with Sophos install

[hermit921]

At 01:23 PM 3/15/2004, Norm Yates wrote:
>Following the MailScanner Installation Guide - Linux RPM [Sophos section]
>which has you do this (from the directory where you have put the
>linux.intel.libc6.tar.Z) /usr/sbin/Sophos.install
>
>I'm getting this error at the end
>
>"Fetching latest IDE virus identities from www.sophos.com
>Your Sophos installation may be too old. Please install the latest release
>of SophosLynx failed with error return 1
>, Bad file descriptor at /usr/lib/MailScanner/sophos-autoupdate line 100.
>Done."
>
>I have downloaded the latest sophos file so it can't be too old.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Norm Yates
>Network Manager
>Maine Maritime Academy


You need to download the new version of linux.intel.libc6.tar.Z.  Most of
the virus signatures are not in the IDE files.  Sophos stops supplying
older IDE files after three months, so you lose protection from those viruses.

hermit921