F-Prot Broken with new version

[Julian Field]

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Sorry, I missed a "$" sign. I have just released 4.68.2-3 which has the 
"$" in it.
Many apologies.

Jules.

Gerry Doris wrote:
> I made the change you suggested...results are below.  It got rid of 
> the FPSCAND error message but I still get the Invalid argument '-old' 
> and f-prot isn't being called.
>
>  MailScanner --lint
> Trying to setlogsock(unix)
> Checking version numbers...
> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.68.2) is correct.
>
> Your envelope_sender_header in spam.assassin.prefs.conf is correct.
>
> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
> SpamAssassin temp dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamd f-prot bitdefender"
> Found these virus scanners installed: bitdefender, clamavmodule, 
> f-prot, clamd
> ===========================================================================
> Invalid argument '-old'
> ===========================================================================
> Virus Scanner test reports:
> Clamd said "eicar.com was infected: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND"
> Bitdefender said "Found virus EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) in file 
> eicar.com"
>
> If any of your virus scanners (bitdefender,clamavmodule,f-prot,clamd)
> are not listed there, you should check that they are installed correctly
> and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via its 
> virus.scanners.conf.
>
>
> Julian Field wrote:
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>> In /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/SweepViruses.pm, add a line so it 
>> says this at/around line 3678:
>>   # Attempt to open the connection to fpscand
>>   $sock = ConnectToFpscand($Port, $TimeOut);
>>   return 'FPSCANDNOTRUNNING' if $lintonly && !$sock;
>>
>> The 'return' line is the new one.
>>
>> Then 'service MailScanner stop' and run 'MailScanner --lint' again.
>> Please let me know how you get on.
>>
>>
>> Gerry Doris wrote:
>>   
>>> I upgraded to the new stable version and tried running MailScanner 
>>> --lint.  It complains that there's an invalid argument -old being 
>>> passed???
>>>
>>> I don't have f-prot-6 installed.  Also, I manually ran 
>>> update_virus_scanners and it successfully checked/updated all scanners 
>>> including f-prot.  f-prot runs correctly using the information from 
>>> virus.scanners.conf.
>>>
>>> MailScanner --lint
>>> Trying to setlogsock(unix)
>>> Checking version numbers...
>>> Version number in MailScanner.conf (4.68.2) is correct.
>>>
>>> Your envelope_sender_header in spam.assassin.prefs.conf is correct.
>>>
>>> Checking for SpamAssassin errors (if you use it)...
>>> SpamAssassin temp dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/SpamAssassin-Temp
>>> SpamAssassin reported no errors.
>>> MailScanner.conf says "Virus Scanners = clamd f-prot bitdefender"
>>> ERROR:: COULD NOT CONNECT TO FPSCAND, RECOMMEND RESTARTING DAEMON :: 
>>> ISITINSTALLED
>>> Found these virus scanners installed: bitdefender, clamavmodule, 
>>> f-prot, clamd
>>> =========================================================================== 
>>>
>>> Invalid argument '-old'
>>> =========================================================================== 
>>>
>>> Virus Scanner test reports:
>>> Clamd said "eicar.com was infected: Eicar-Test-Signature FOUND"
>>> Bitdefender said "Found virus EICAR-Test-File (not a virus) in file 
>>> eicar.com"
>>>
>>> If any of your virus scanners (bitdefender,clamavmodule,f-prot,clamd)
>>> are not listed there, you should check that they are installed correctly
>>> and that MailScanner is finding them correctly via its 
>>> virus.scanners.conf.
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Jules
>>
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