Bunch of issues with installing MailScanner on Ubuntu LTS 10.04 (reply to Craig and Markus)

[Markus Nilsson]

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> Från: "Martijn" <mailinglist at mindconnect.nl>
> Till: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Skickat: måndag, 8 aug 2011 16:14:53
> Ämne: Re: Bunch of issues with installing MailScanner on Ubuntu LTS 10.04 (reply to Craig and Markus)
>
> Sorry this reply won't be threaded correctly, I accidently set up my
> subscription as a digest so I couldn't respond to individual replies.
>
> For reference, my original post is here and I'm looking for hints and
> tips as to how to solve this problem, as are other (potential) users
> of
> MailScanner.
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2011-August/098228.html
>
> And I'm replying to these:
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2011-August/098229.html
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2011-August/098230.html
>
> > Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:43:18 -0700
> > From: Craig White<craigwhite at azapple.com>
> > Subject: Re: Bunch of issues with installing MailScanner on Ubuntu
> > LTS
> > 	10.04
> >
> > maybe someone else will take this up with you and give you more
> > specific
> > things but I installed MailScanner on my 10.04 LTS a few weeks ago
> > and
> > it was rather painful. The MailScanner program and this list misses
> > Julian very much.
> >
> > In short, the ubuntu/debian package is extremely old (4.79) and I
> > ended
> > up using the latest beta which solves all sorts of problems with
> > tainting and perl 5.10.x
> >
> > Thus I had to do a few things by hand.
> >
> > [...]
> > I can provide the /etc/init.d/mailscanner script and the extra
> > script if
> > you decide to go with the latest beta tarball (and I would
> > definitely
> > recommend that).
> >
> > Craig
> Thanks Craig, I'll let you know if I'd like to have those. I was
> hoping
> to stick to installing from a reputable (Debian/Ubuntu) repository
> though. I have to see if it's worth the trouble.
>
> For the record: you did try running a recent/non-beta version first,
> right? Did anyone attempt to construct a newer .deb?
>

There is one newer package for debian:
http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/2011-March/097689.html

However, no-one has yet stepped in to maintain the debian packaging.
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:02:58 +0200 (CEST)
> > From: Markus Nilsson<markus at markusoft.se>
> > Subject: Re: Bunch of issues with installing MailScanner on Ubuntu
> > LTS
> > 	10.04
> >
> > Hi Martijn
> >
> > Relating the directory permissions, maybe you need to review your
> > configuration settings for the work dirs? See the well-commented
> > configuration file under the section
> >
> > #
> > # Incoming Work Dir Settings
> > # --------------------------
> > #
> >
> > I'm guessing you want something like:
> > Incoming Work User = postfix
> > Incoming Work Group = postfix
> > Incoming Work Permissions = 0660
> >
> > Also check what group your clam scanner is using, so that is
> > configured with the same group!
> > (I.e if the clamd group is clamav, the group above should be clamav
> > instead!)
> >
> >
> > /Markus
> I have reviews the settings, they currently are:
>
> Incoming Work User =
> Incoming Work Group = clamav
> Incoming Work Permissions = 640
>
> So, user is empty. I believe that means that it defaults to the 'Run
> As
> User' value.
> Clamav is actually working as the clamav user in de clamav group.
>

And what is your Run As User and Run As Group values?

If the Run As Group value is postfix, maybe clamav will need to be added to this group.
adduser clamav postfix

I have a different setup for my servers, with a unique group for the quarantine, to which I have added the required users.


Just to make sure :) The folders do exist, right? Maybe show the output from
ls -l /var/spool/MailScanner

/Markus

> To test, I changed permissies on /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming to
> 777,
> but that still results in the same error:
>
> Could not read directory /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming at
> /usr/share/MailScanner//MailScanner/Config.pm line 2786
> Error in configuration file line 184, directory
> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming for incomingworkdir does not exist
> (or
> is not readable) at /usr/share/MailScanner//MailScanner/Config.pm
> line 3146
> Could not read directory /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine at
> /usr/share/MailScanner//MailScanner/Config.pm line 2786
> Error in configuration file line 188, directory
> /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine for quarantinedir does not exist
> (or
> is not readable) at /usr/share/MailScanner//MailScanner/Config.pm
> line 3146
>
> Thanks,
> - Martijn
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