Re: [cobalt-users] Bassi Mailscanner 3.21-1 & RAQ3 <Quick Question>

["P.V.Anthony" <pvantony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could try to place the autoupdate script in the /etc/cron.daily folder

P.V.Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lab Mail" <mbeaudry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:05 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Bassi Mailscanner 3.21-1 & RAQ3 <Quick Question>


> I have Bassi's Mailscanner 3.21-1 for the RAQ3 installed (thank you very
> much Steve) and other than the initial time during installation, the
> "autoupdate" feature has never functioned (I only recieved a single email
> that one time after the update). *Please note that I assume the package is
> still functioning as I get "X-MailScanner: Found to be clean" in my email
> headers*
>
> I know this has been covered in the archive (and I have read as much as I
> can digest from said archive) and I know that Bassi is working on an
update
> to said pakage (or so I gleaned from the archive). However beeing a newb
and
> all to both Linux AND Cobalt, I like to see things dumbed down a little so
I
> was looking for an archive meesage that states:
>
> "Hey, newbie, if you're RAQ3-Bassi-MailScannerRelease 3.21-1 is not
> auto-updating (or your not getting the email that says so anyways), you
MUST
> manually update until a new package comes out. To do so, you do this:
blah
> blah blah"
>
> However, I never found it. So I wish to ask:
>
> Is the correct methodology for ensuring that the
> "RAQ3-Bassi-MailScannerRelease 3.21-1" package is using the latest
"updates"
> from F-Prot as follows:
>
> 1. Telnet/ssh into Raq3 as root
>
> 2. Type in "/usr/local/f-prot/autoupdate" (minus the quotes) to execute
the
> update to F-Prot from the f-prot directory itself assuming you left
> everything as default during installation.
>
> 3. The following responses fill the terminal display if everything is
> actually fucntioning regarding F-Prot:
>
> FTP address for retrieving files is ftp://eu-2.updates.f-prot.com/pub//
> F-Prot signature file update script
> There is a new version of SIGN.DEF, starting download.
> Download completed.
> Updated SIGN.DEF.
> There is a new version of SIGN2.DEF, starting download.
> Updated SIGN2.DEF.
> There is a new version of MACRO.DEF, starting download.
> Download completed.
> Updated MACRO.DEF.
> Update completed.
>
> At this stage would it be safe to say that the
RAQ3-Bassi-MailScannerRelease
> 3.21-1 package is now using the latest virus definitions from F-Prot, or
is
> there another step to go yet?
>
>
> Thanks for you patience...
>
> Marcel
>
>
>
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