Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner

[Paul Scott]

Tried to update clamav, etc., but no love.  See the following:

[root at mail log]# yum update clamav
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
 * base: mirror.hmc.edu
 * epel: linux.mirrors.es.net
 * extras: mirror.compevo.com
 * rpmforge: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: mirror.pac-12.org
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
248 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

[root at mail log]# yum update clamd
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
 * base: mirror.hmc.edu
 * epel: linux.mirrors.es.net
 * extras: mirror.compevo.com
 * rpmforge: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: mirror.pac-12.org
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
248 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

[root at mail log]# yum update freshclam
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: centos-distro.cavecreek.net
 * base: mirror.hmc.edu
 * epel: linux.mirrors.es.net
 * extras: mirror.compevo.com
 * rpmforge: mirror.hmc.edu
 * updates: mirror.pac-12.org
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
248 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
No Match for argument: freshclam
No package freshclam available.
No Packages marked for Update
[root at mail log]#


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner [mailto:mailscanner-bounces+sales=edenusa.com at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Mark Sapiro
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 2:19 PM
To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
Subject: Re: Upgrade Wrecks MailScanner

On 10/13/2016 01:35 PM, Paul Scott wrote:
> 
> Auto: Found virus scanners: clamavmodule LibClamAV Warning: 
> **************************************************
> LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
> LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
> LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
> LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
> LibClamAV Warning: ***  This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.     ***
> LibClamAV Warning: *** DON'T PANIC! Read 
> http://www.clamav.net/support/faq *** LibClamAV Warning: 
> ***********************************************************


Try using yum or whatever to install/update clamav, clamd and freshclam.
Also, running clamd is much preferred to the clamav module. If clamd is running, Virus Scanners = auto will use it.


> 4. And every now and again, I get these kind of error messages in the maillog:
> Oct 13 13:07:44 mail MailScanner[4773]: Could not open file 
> >/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/4773/u9DK7gOS005688.header: No such 
> file or directory Oct 13 13:07:44 mail MailScanner[4773]: Cannot 
> create + lock headers file 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/4773/u9DK7gOS005688.header



What is the owner and group of /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/, and what user and group are the MailScanner processes running as?


> I noticed that there are a few other folks having the same or similar issues as I ran into using the install.sh script.  I feel that this is going to become a large support issue, and I feel badly for all of us out here in the world that are running into this problem.


I'm sorry for the difficulty that you and others have experienced in upgrading from Mailscanner 4.x.x to 5.x.x. I'm sure there's much room for improvement in the scripts and documentation, but please note that this is not a micro or minor point release upgrade. It is a major version jump. As such you should expect that things will change and do more research and preparation before actually upgrading.

-- 
Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan


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