Fedora 18 and MailScanner

[Martin Hepworth]

I suggest use centos not something with a very small lifespan and bleeding
edge like Fedora

Also try running in debug mode and you dont say which MTA you are trying to
use and how you installed (rpm, generic tar file..)

-- 
Martin Hepworth, CISSP
Oxford, UK


On 8 April 2013 18:55, Quintin Giesbrecht <q at snj.ca> wrote:

>  I have searched the archives, googled, etc…I cannot find a solution to
> this, so if someone has already asked/solved this, please kindly point me
> to the artice or post.  Thanks!
>
>
>
> I was a long time user of Mailscanner until about a year ago, when my firm
> bought an appliance – which I have grown to HATE (in respect to
> spam/anti-virus)…so, I am trying to setup a new MailScanner machine…
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I am getting an error when starting MailScanner.  From the logs:
>
>
>
> Apr  8 12:40:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: MailScanner is an
> open-source E-Mail Gateway Virus Scanner....
>
> Apr  8 12:40:58 localhost MailScanner[1906]: Starting MailScanner daemons:
>
> Apr  8 12:40:58 localhost MailScanner[1906]: incoming sendmail: [  OK  ]
>
> Apr  8 12:40:58 localhost MailScanner[1906]: outgoing sendmail: [  OK  ]
>
> Apr  8 12:40:59 localhost MailScanner[1906]: MailScanner:       [  OK  ]
>
> Apr  8 12:40:59 localhost systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/MailScanner.pid
> not readable (yet?) after start.
>
> Apr  8 12:42:15 localhost systemd[1]: MailScanner.service never wrote its
> PID file. Failing.
>
> Apr  8 12:42:15 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: MailScanner is
> an open-source E-Mail Gateway Virus Scanner..
>
> Apr  8 12:42:15 localhost systemd[1]: Unit MailScanner.service entered
> failed state
>
> Apr  8 12:45:16 localhost chronyd[675]: Selected source 198.100.149.6
>
>
>
> It is failing to write the PID file.  Anyone run into this?  Any ideas as
> to the issue, or how to solve?  If you need more info, please ask.
>
>
>
> Thanks so much for any help.
>
>
>
>  _______________________________________________________
>
> Quintin Giesbrecht
>
> Smith Neufeld Jodoin LLP
>
> IT Manager
>
> q at snj.ca
>
> (204)346-5106
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>  This communication, including its attachments, if any, is confidential
> and intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed, and may
> contain proprietary and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review,
> disclosure, copying, other distribution of this communication or taking of
> any action in reliance on its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have
> received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may
> amend our records. Then, please delete this message, and its attachments,
> if any, without reading, copying or forwarding it to anyone.
>
> --
> MailScanner mailing list
> mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner
>
> Before posting, read http://wiki.mailscanner.info/posting
>
> Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mailscanner.info/pipermail/mailscanner/attachments/20130408/911bd6d0/attachment-0001.html