Problems with BitDefender updtaes ?

[Scott Silva]

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Julian Field wrote:
> Julian Field wrote:
>
>> Stephen Swaney wrote:
>>
>>> steve.swaney at fsl.com
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>>>> Behalf Of Denis Beauchemin
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:31 AM
>>>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>> Subject: Re: Problems with BitDefender updtaes ?
>>>>
>>>> Michael H. Martel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is anyone else seeing problesm with the BitDefender updates ?  This
>>>>> isn't a
>>>>> MailScanner issue per se, since it happens with :
>>>>>
>>>>> /opt/bdc/bdc --update
>>>>>
>>>>> But it causes the cronjob (update_virus_scanners.cron) to hang and not
>>>>> update other av scanners.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Same problem here yesterday on one server (others were running OK).  I
>>>> noticed it when I didn't get McAfee updated on one server while the 3
>>>> others did get updated.
>>>>
>>>> Looks like their site is sometimes quite slow...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm seeing the same thing on several systems. Their site is quite
>>> slow. I
>>> just killed a lot of bdc processes and then ran the update manually.
>>> It took
>>> a little over 10 minutes to finish.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Didn't Julian put some timeout validation in recent versions of MS?  I
>>>> know it's not there in 4.34/4.35.
>>>>
>>>> Denis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> As you probably know by now, Julian just posted an update to the
>>> BitDefender
>>> update script. I'm installing it but upping the timeout to 20 minutes
>>> based
>>> on what I just saw.
>>>
>>>
>> I have just changed the default value to 20 minutes, and it is now set
>> in a variable right at the top of the file so that it is easy to change.
>> To change it at the moment, look for the word "alarm" and you will find
>> it. Measured in seconds.
>
>
> As Steve just pointed out to me, it might be a good idea if I actually
> sent you the improved script with the 20 minute timeout, configured at
> the top of the script.
Just need to run /usr/Julian/sleep a little more often!

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