Debian Sarge update_virus_scanners

[Dhawal Doshy]

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Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     Using MailScanner on Sarge, I found out that my anti-virus engines 
> don't get updated, so I created a symlink in /etc/cron.daily/ to 
> /usr/sbin/update_virus_scanners, without success.  Even running the 
> script manually only logs this:
> 
> Nov 29 09:02:08 leadpipe update.virus.scanners: Found bitdefender installed
> Nov 29 09:02:08 leadpipe update.virus.scanners: Found clamav installed
> Nov 29 09:02:08 leadpipe update.virus.scanners: Found generic installed
> 
> but no actual update happens, I must update manually.

What happen when you manually run the individual scripts?
/path/to/bitdefender-autoupdate /opt/bdc [replace with install path]
/path/to/clamav-autoupdate /usr [replace with install path]

I get something like this..
[root at sauron ~]# /usr/lib/MailScanner/bitdefender-autoupdate /opt/bdc
BDC/Linux-Console v7.0 (build 2490) (i386) (Dec 10 2003 16:11:35)
Copyright (C) 1996-2003 SOFTWIN SRL. All rights reserved.

No update available.

- dhawal

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