MailScanner cant detect virus

Meshbah Uddin Ahmed meshbahuddin at YAHOO.COM
Thu Jun 23 11:21:24 IST 2005


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Thanks Glenn

now works. yes, i have install clamav from by tarball,
is in in /usr/local/bin. but in virus.scanner.conf
there was /usr instaed of /usr/local.

Now its works fine. thank u so much.

regards
Meshbah

--- Glenn Steen <glenn.steen at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On 6/22/05, Meshbah Uddin Ahmed
> <meshbahuddin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > yes, u right, my scanner doesnt detect virus. pls
> > advice me what can i do. here is my settings-
> > 
> > in my virus.scanners.conf  file, it is-
> > clamav  /etc/MailScanner/wrapper/clamav-wrapper 
> /usr
> > 
> > I have install all pkg like this
> > apt-get install postfix mailscanner spamassassin
> > 
> > but download clamav manually. then install it.
> > my freshclam.conf is in- /usr/local/etc/
> > and *.cvd files are in- /var/lib/clamav/
> > 
> > in MailScanner.conf file-
> > Virus Scanning = yes
> > Virus Scanner = clamav
> (snip)
> Could you show the output from
> 
> ls /etc/MailScanner/wrapper
> (just to verify that this is actually correct...
> Seems a bit odd:)
> 
> ls -l /usr/bin/clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan
> (just to determine if the "final /usr" in
> virus.scanners.conf is correct).
> 
> I'm guessing that the deb package might have things
> set a bit odd (at
> least compared to the usual rpm or tarball install
> of MailScanner)...
> And that the install of clamav from source that is
> "sort off biting
> you":-).
> If you have clamscan in /usr/local/bin, as would be
> normal with a
> straight build from source, then you'd probably only
> need change /usr
> to /usr/local in the third column for clamav (in
> virus.scanners.conf,
> of course:).
> 
> HtH
> -- 
> -- Glenn
> email: glenn < dot > steen < at > gmail < dot > com
> work: glenn < dot > steen < at > ap1 < dot > se
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