Mailscanner warnings

Martin.Hepworth martinh at solidstatelogic.com
Fri Feb 15 11:48:06 GMT 2008


> Martin.Hepworth wrote:
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> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-
> 		bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of AlxFrag
> 		Sent: 15 February 2008 11:12
> 		To: MailScanner discussion
> 		Subject: Re: Mailscanner warnings
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> 		Martin.Hepworth wrote:
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> 			Ah there you go..
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> 			Change the Virus Scanners to
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> 			Virus Scanners = clamd
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> 			And make sure the clamd settings are sensible further
> down the file.
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> 			--
> 			Martin Hepworth
> 			Snr Systems Administrator
> 			Solid State Logic
> 			Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
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> 				-----Original Message-----
> 				From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> 		[mailto:mailscanner-
> 				bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of
> AlxFrag
> 				Sent: 15 February 2008 10:43
> 				To: MailScanner discussion
> 				Subject: Re: Mailscanner warnings
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> 				--[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
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> 					would you please run the MailScanner --lint
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> 					it will either be in /usr/sbin or
> /usr/local/bin and
> 		both should be in
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> 				your path anyway.
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> 					Regards,
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> 				Read 817 hostnames from the phishing whitelist
> 				MailScanner setting GID to  (1002)
> 				MailScanner setting UID to  (1004)
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> 				Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use
> it)...
> 				Using SpamAssassin results cache
> 				Connected to SpamAssassin cache database
> 				config: SpamAssassin failed to parse line,
> "/usr/bin/pyzor" is
> 		not valid
> 				for "pyzor_path", skipping: pyzor_path
> /usr/bin/pyzor
> 				bayes: cannot open bayes databases
> 		/etc/MailScanner/bayes/bayes_* R/O:
> 				tie failed: Permission denied
> 				bayes: cannot open bayes databases
> 		/etc/MailScanner/bayes/bayes_* R/O:
> 				tie failed: Permission denied
> 				bayes: cannot open bayes databases
> 		/etc/MailScanner/bayes/bayes_* R/O:
> 				tie failed: Permission denied
> 				SpamAssassin reported an error.
> 				Using locktype = flock
> 				MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamav"
> 				Found these virus scanners installed: clamav
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> 		This gives the error:
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> 		Feb 15 12:58:25 hermes MailScanner[6535]: Virus scanner
> "clamd" not found
> 		in virus.scanners.conf file. Please check your spelling in
> "Virus Scanners
> 		=" line of MailScanner.conf
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> 		It must be clamd running because in etc/local/clamd.conf i
> have:
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> 		LocalSocket /tmp/clamd
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> 		Also, if i type ps -A i get:
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> 		2319 ?        00:36:32 clamd
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> 		Regards
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> 	Hmm looks there's a problem with the install then. Is this a fresh
> install or upgrade from an earlier version, as the clamd info in
> virus.scanners.conf has been present for quite a few releases now.
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> 	--
> 	Martin Hepworth
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> it's fresh install.
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> I have two machines running Mailscanner. The first uses the version 4.57.6
> while the second one uses 4.66.5.
> Both show the warnings in the log file.
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Hmm what does virus.scanners.conf say for the clamd line??

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300






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