MailScanner --lint error

[Scott Silva]

Jody Cleveland spake the following on 8/7/2007 1:02 PM:
> 
> 
> On 8/7/07 1:00 PM, "Glenn Steen" <glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
>>>>>>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = f-prot clamd"
>>>>>>> Found these virus scanners installed: f-prot, clamavmodule
>>>>>>> =========================================================================
>>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>> Ignore errors about failing to find EOCD signature
>>>>>>> format error: can't find EOCD signature
>>>>>>>  at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 451
>>>>>>> =========================================================================
>>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>> Virus Scanner test reports:
>>>>>>> F-Prot said "./1/eicar.com  Infection: EICAR_Test_File"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> So your clamd setup isn't working. Either work your way through that,
>>>>>> or switch to clamavmodule, which it seems to find OK...
>>>>>>
>>>>> Isn't clamavmodule the slow one? I had switched to clamd because of clam
>>>>> using 100% of the processor.
>>>>>
>>>> No its clamav (ie. using clamscan command) that is the slow one. The
>>>> clamavmodule works fine.
>>> Ok, I changed it to clamavmodule, and now --lint gives me this error:
>>>
>>> None of the files matched by the "Monitors For ClamAV Updates" patterns
>>> exist! at /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/SweepViruses.pm line 527
>>>
>>> - jody
>>>
>> There is a section in MailScanner.conf for this.... Mainly what you
>> need change is the monitor line so that it:
>> a) Mathces where you have put your clamav signature databas(es), and
>> b) match all the possible files comprising your DBs... That means one
>> item for *,cvd, one item for *.inc/* and one item for *.*db (more or
>> less...:-). separate the items by space.
>> This has been covered several times over the last ... oh... 6 months
>> or so... on this list, so if you need something to cut'n'paste, please
>> look through the archives (there was a recent ... spat... of
>> "misconfigurations" revealed by the last major incremental clamavdb
>> update:-).
>> IIRC Jules have enhanced the upgrade script to determine if this is
>> set, although I think he doesn't really check if they seem sane...
>> After all, only one of the .cvd or .inc items need be correct:-).
> 
> I actually found it on the front page of mailscanner.info
> 
> You also need to make one change to your MailScanner.conf file: "Monitors
> for ClamAV Updates = /usr/local/share/clamav/*.inc/*
> /usr/local/share/clamav/*.cvd"
> 
> I also added in /usr/local/share/clamav/*.*db like you suggested, and --lint
> works fine now.
> 
> Thank you so much for taking the time to help me with this!
> 
> - jody
> 
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