Testing update_virus_scanners is working?

Denis Beauchemin Denis.Beauchemin at USherbrooke.ca
Mon May 4 13:54:24 IST 2009


Paul Hutchings a écrit :
> Just done an update from Centos 5.2 to 5.3 and then to the latest
> MailScanner.  I want to be sure the update_virus_scanners script in
> /etc/cron.hourly is actually working, but when I run it nothing seems to
> happen or be logged to /var/log/maillog.
>
> How can I confirm it's working (barring just waiting and seeing if my
> definitions eventually get updated)?
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
>   
Paul,

Run "bash -vx /usr/sbin/update_virus_scanners" as your usual MS user and 
you'll see a trace of what is being executed (lines prefixed with "+").

Denis

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