I was asking about updates because clamav does own the file.

I do access the machine as root but haven't touched it in a month. And no
one else has root access.

I'll check the error logs and do an FSCK as you suggested ASAP

Thanks
On Oct 7, 2013 6:27 AM, "Dan McAllister" <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Tom,
>
> Your premise is not impossible, however:
>  1) QMT does not self-update -- it must be done manually (this is a
> best-practice for servers in general)
>  2) The way you got simscan installed to begin with was by building the
> RPM Eric pointed you to from source. This has traditionally been the way to
> distribute and use QMail because of some odd licensing that the original
> coder insisted upon. Those licensing restrictions are gone, but the common
> practice of distributing source (vs. binary) remains.
>  3) When you built the source, you actually built an RPM file, which was
> then installed to place the binaries (and config files) in the appropriate
> places
>
> So, going back to the RPM file you built during your last install/update
> is the most direct route to replacing the simscan executable.
>
> As to how it could disappear, I would look in your log file for drive
> errors, as well as schedule an FSCK as soon as possible. The simscan
> executable is stored in a root-protected area of the filesystem. Thus, any
> disappearance has to have been root-controlled. (Do you access your system
> as root a lot?)
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Dan McAllister
> IT4SOHO
>
> On 10/7/2013 5:01 AM, Tom Keyser wrote:
>
> OK. I was expecting some process was rebuilding it and crashed, leaving
> the executable missing.
>
> I was looking for a more permanent solution then reinstalling.
> On Oct 6, 2013 7:06 PM, "Eric Shubert" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I couldn't tell what you meant exactly.
>>
>> The simplest way to recover it is probably to reinstall the rpm, which
>> should be in the /usr/src/qtp-upgrade/old-rpms/ directory, provided you've
>> been using qtp-newmodel to upgrade. Make sure you use the latest one there,
>> which should match the one that's installed.
>>
>> # rpm -Uvh --replacefiles
>> /usr/src/qtp-upgrade/old-rpms/simscan-toaster....
>> (use the appropriate file)
>>
>> You should probably do this with qmail stopped, then start it after
>> installing simscan, just to be on the safe side.
>>
>> --
>> -Eric 'shubes'
>>
>> On 10/06/2013 06:52 PM, Tom Keyser wrote:
>>
>>> No seriously Eric, simscan the executable is not in the directory
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>> Can it be rebuilt? Does it get rebuilt periodically?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2013 6:48 PM, "Eric Shubert" <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     On 10/06/2013 10:55 AM, Tom Keyser wrote:
>>>
>>>         What would cause simscan to disappear?
>>>
>>>         Thanks
>>>         Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>     Simscan is invoked by way of the
>>>     QMAILQUEUE="/var/qmail/bin/__simscan" variable in the
>>>     /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp file. If the incoming connection matches an
>>>     entry in this file which does not have this variable set, simscan
>>>     will not be invoked.
>>>
>>>     Remember to run "service qmail cdb" after making changes to this
>>> file.
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     -Eric 'shubes'
>>>
>>>
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