A well-hung MailScanner :-(

[Martin Hepworth]

Mike

Hmm by default MS will install/update the Sophos stuff to /usr/local/Sophos
...... are you sure that's local (I mean not on the filer). MS tends to get
upset if it's not in that location.


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Martin Hepworth 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Mike Brudenell
> Sent: 02 November 2005 17:28
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] A well-hung MailScanner :-(
> 
> Greetings -
> 
> --On 2 November 2005 16:55:55 +0000 Martin Hepworth
> <martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM> wrote:
> 
> > How are you handling the link to the file NFS with soft links or hard
> > links.
> >
> > I've seen older versions of Solaris get upset when NFS links go offline,
> > even when they are to soft links..
> 
> Ummm, I'm not sure which file you're referring to...
> 
> We have a directory tree (/opt/york) which is purely on locally attached
> disk:
> 
>  *  When I installed the system I built new versions of Perl, BerkeleyDB,
>     etc to just go into/use /opt/york
> 
>  *  Sophos is also installed directly into /opt/york; there are no
> symlinks
>     via the NFS-mounted /usr/local
> 
>  *  Similarly MailScanner is installed directly into /opt/york; there are
>     no symlinks via /usr/local
> 
> I carefully went through all the MailScanner scripts and changed
> references
> to /usr/local/... to /opt/york/... in (I think!) every relevant location.
> I've been using 'find' and 'grep' most of the afternoon to try and track
> down any I missed but to no avail.
> 
> My head hurts.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike B-}
> 
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