linux client for symantec antivirus

[johanb]

I know clamav works great, but problem is that it is not being accepted. 
It is company of 15000 people and i am only one who works on linux. It 
sucks , I know,shit happens.

W.D.McKinney wrote:
> Yes, use clamav instead. Works great.
>
> -Dee
>
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>     *From:* johanb [mailto:boeckx.johan at telenet.be]
>     *To:* Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
>     [mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com]
>     *Sent:* Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:39:28 -0900
>     *Subject:* linux client for symantec antivirus
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I have symantec client for antivirus mr3, and am netwerk admin on
>     company, and they only let me put a linux client into the network
>     , if I
>     update to the antivirus-database. So big problem. I tried with
>     Fedora 8
>     but there he gave problems with the libraries. NOw i try with ubuntu.
>     I followed recommendations on ubuntu forum:
>     1. created debs with alien from the rpm's
>     2. changing path for awk
>     3. creating the lock file
>
>     When I run ./symcfgpop I receive :
>     root at gandalf
>     <mailto:root at gandalf>:/opt/Symantec/symantec_antivirus#
>     ./symcfgpop symcfgpop:
>     Settings popoulation utility for Symantec AntiVirus
>     Usage: symcfgpop <settings file to import>
>
>     When I run ../symcfgdata.inf I receive :
>     ./symcfgdata.inf: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
>     ./symcfgdata.inf: line 1:
>     `;************************************************
>     ***************************'
>
>     ./sav manualscan -s /lib
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to open key \VirusProtect6
>     Unable to determine status of scanning daemon
>     *** This command may not function correctly or may be delayed
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to open registry key!
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to create key ScanAllDrives
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to write value to registry!
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to create key /lib
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to write value to registry!
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to create key StartManualScanNow
>     Error: Symantec configuration service unavailable
>     Unable to write StartManualScanNow value to registry!
>
>
>     And when I do /opt/Symantec/symantec_antivirus/rtvscand
>     failed to open PID file: No such file or directory
>
>     When I open the gui, it says autoprotect : disabled , RTVScan :
>     disabled, Scan : unknown status.
>
>
>     Anybody has ideas ?
>     Greetings,
>     Johan
>
>     -
>