MailScanner Installation Guide ? Sophos

My copy of the Sophos anti-virus package is installed under /opt/sophos
so all references in the following text apply to that location. If you
use that location, then my installation script will work for you, and
put everything in the right place.

I use a directory structure like this:

bin/
    sweep - main Sophos executable 
    sophoswrapper <filesnscripts.shtml#sophoswrapper> - script which
    sets environment then calls sweep 
    autoupdate <filesnscripts.shtml#autoupdate> - script called by cron
    which updates IDE files every day 
ide
    Link to the <version>.<current-date> directory 
<version>.<current-date-and-time>/
    All the latest Sophos virus pattern IDE files 
lib/
    Latest Sophos libsavi run-time library and latest vdl-<version>.dat
    file. 
man/
    Man pages 


    Installation

If you are going to install it into /opt/sophos then this is really simple:

   1. Find the Sophos distribution, and copy it into a directory
      somewhere (/tmp will do nicely). The Sophos distribution is called
      something like solaris.sparc.tar.Z or solaris.sparc.tar.
   2. Use the *cd* command to change into the directory containing the
      Sophos distribution.
   3. Run */opt/mailscanner/bin/Sophos.install* 

You should now have a directory /opt/sophos/ide which contains the
latest virus definitions and a link to your vdl.dat file.

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    Test Sophos

At this point, you should be able to test the operation of Sophos with a
command such as

    # */opt/sophos/bin/sophoswrapper /opt/sophos*

    This will attempt to scan the main Sophos directory, but it will
    demonstrate that Sophos is working properly. It should report the
    number of viruses it can detect and the list of IDE files it has found.


        Automating the Updates

    The */opt/sophos/bin/autoupdate <filesnscripts.shtml#autoupdate>*
    script is best run automatically on a daily basis by cron. A
    suitable crontab entry is

# 23/05/2000 JKF Automatically fetch updates to Sophos just after midnight
13 0 * * * [ -x /opt/sophos/bin/autoupdate ] && /opt/sophos/bin/autoupdate >/dev/null 2>&1

    If you need to find out how to install a crontab entry, type "man
    crontab".

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    Julian Field <http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/info/people/jkf>