Sophos v5

[Julian Field]

Just as soon as I have time to write it! :-)
I am working on it, I hope it won't be anything major. I may scrap 
Sophos.install at the same time if I can, but no promises.

Has anyone tried it with the current MailScanner release?

Sam Luxford-Watts wrote:
> Julian,
>
> I know we can carry on using V4 for now but any update as to when Sophos V5
> support will likely to be written into Mailscanner?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shrek-m at gmx.de [mailto:shrek-m at gmx.de] 
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 11:11 PM
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: Re: Sophos v5
>
> On 05.05.2006 18:44, Sam Luxford-Watts wrote:
>
>   
>> I am trying to upgrade our elderly MailScanner server. I am installing on
>> CentOs4 and got most of it working except MS->Sophos.
>>
>> I have downloaded and installed Sophos 5.0.2. It installs fine using the
>> sophos install.sh script. The one suggested in the Mailscanner docs is now
>> outdated it seams. Sophos.install doesn’t work. 
>>  
>>
>>     
>
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2006-March/059542.html
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2006-March/059551.html
>
> i have no problems with sav5.x except that i do not know how i can tell ms
> how to use it.
>
>
>   
>> Has anyone got MS working with Sophos v5.0.2? if so - how?
>>
>>     
>
> i did not tried, for now i have both installed.
> - sav4.x for ms (Sophos.install)
> - sav5.x for other use
>
> i do not know, perhaps is  "generic"  a solution for sav5.x, some 
> help/hints would be great.
> -  /etc/MailScanner/virus.scanners.conf
> -  /usr/lib/MailScanner/generic-wrapper
> -  /usr/lib/MailScanner/generic-autoupdate
>
>
> savscan = sav5.x
> sweep = sav3.x/4.x
> savscan.base = sweep (see below)
>
> a while ago i got some answers from sophos support:
>
> <sophos support 1>
>
> - die Optionen von sweep/savscan/savscan.base sind identisch
> </sophos support 1>
>
> my translation:  "the  sweep/savscan/savscan.base  options are identical"
>
> <sophos support 2>
> savscan.base is the 'sweep' binary, which is called by savscan with some 
> arguments (for example the location of the IDE files).
>
> I would avoid playing around in the engine directory as it is not 
> something that anyone, especially customers should be playing with.
> </sophos support 2>
>
>
>
> roots crontab after sav5.x installation
> <crontab update>
> 47 * * * * /opt/sophos-av/bin/savupdate
> </crontab update>
>
>
>
>   

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