Debian Sarge update_virus_scanners

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> 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]
> 

Hmmm... none of the scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate is 
executable... is that normal?

> 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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