Panda broken in 4.35.11

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Nov 29 20:27:17 GMT 2004


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What does this produce?
/usr/lib/MailScanner/panda-wrapper /usr -AEX -CMP -AUT -NSO -ESP -HEU .
(don't forget the . on the end). It should scan the current directory
and just report any nasties. This is the command used by MailScanner.

Victor DiMichina wrote:

> Julian,   upon updating to the latest MailScanner,   I found that Panda
> no longer works.   When I attempt to  run the panda-wrapper script to
> test it out,  per the instructions in
> /etc/MailScanner/virus_scanners.conf,  I get the following error message:
> NOTE:  I had to change the virus_scanners.conf from /usr to /usr/bin
> next to the panda line.
>
> command is #/usr/lib/MailScanner/panda-wrapper /usr/bin
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine
>
> output from that command:
>
> ls:  invalid option  -- e
> try "ls --help"  for more information
> Virus: 0
>
> I run this on a directory that is full of eicar tests.    The f-secure
> wrapper works fine.    A diff between my old virus_scanners.conf and my
> new one showed no difference except the generic-wrapper line.    My old
> and new panda-wrappers are the same.
>
> System is  RH 8.0,  I have SA 3.0.1 with DCC installed.   Panda was
> broken before SA 3.0.1 and DCC were installed.
>
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