Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
Looking at the Alt-Ctrl-F10 tty I see that anavis is warning that 'all primary virus scanners failed, considering backups'
What should I do to rectify this problem i.e. I assume update amavisd, but how, at least via YAST?
Amavisd-new is only the framework, that is calling the virus scanner. You should install at least clam-av. Please take care to update the signatures with fresh-clam frequently (at least once a day). Usually you set up the daemon version clamd as primary scanner and, in case the daemon is unavailable the commandline version clam-scan as fallback in backup-scanners. I think I had to change the configuration a bit to make it work with clamd. In /etc/amavisd.conf you should find the following lines: @av_scanners = ( #[...delete additional comments...] # ### http://www.clamav.net/ ['Clam Antivirus-clamd', \&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/run/clamav/clamd"], qr/\bOK$/, qr/\bFOUND$/, qr/^.*?: (?!Infected Archive)(.*) FOUND$/ ], # # NOTE: run clamd under the same user as amavisd; match the s # # name (LocalSocket) in clamav.conf to the socket name in this entry # # When running chrooted one may prefer: ["CONTSCAN {}\n","$MYHOME/clamd"], #[...deleted even more uninstalled scanners...] ); @av_scanners_backup = ( # If no virus scanners from the @av_scanners list produce 'clean' nor # 'infected' status (e.g. they all fail to run or the list is empty), # then _all_ scanners from the @av_scanners_backup list are tried. # When there are both daemonized and command-line scanners available, # it is customary to place slower command-line scanners in the # @av_scanners_backup list. The default choice is somewhat arbitrary, # move entries from one list to another as desired. ### http://www.clamav.net/ ['Clam Antivirus - clamscan', 'clamscan', '--stdout --no-summary -r {}', [0], [1], qr/^.*?: (?!Infected Archive)(.*) FOUND$/ ], # [...deleted again uninstalled scanners...] ); -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org