Thanks Bill, All is fine now. I had a comment line - which I know should not be have been there. Thanks again. Sujit -----Original Message----- From: sanesecurity-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sanesecurity-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Landry Sent: 26 October 2010 18:20 To: sanesecurity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sanesecurity] Re: Problem with connecting with SaneSecurity On 10/26/2010 6:24 AM, Sujit Acharyya-Choudhury wrote: > Ever since I upgraded the script and config supplied by Bill Landry, I > am having problem with connecting to the SaneSecurity mirror sites. > > Here are some examples: > > Oct 26 12:06:30 INFO - Script was run manually > > Oct 26 12:06:31 INFO - Sanesecurity mirror site used: loana.noovea.fr > 88.191.80.151 > > Oct 26 12:06:31 WARNING - Connection to loana.noovea.fr 88.191.80.151 > failed - Trying next mirror site... > > Oct 26 12:06:31 INFO - Sanesecurity mirror site used: > svetlana.ability-network.net 91.121.188.82 > > Oct 26 12:06:31 WARNING - Connection to svetlana.ability-network.net > 91.121.188.82 failed - Trying next mirror site... > > Oct 26 12:06:31 INFO - Sanesecurity mirror site used: dg.feron.de > 93.90.180.147 > > Oct 26 12:06:31 WARNING - Connection to dg.feron.de 93.90.180.147 failed > - Trying next mirror site... > > Oct 26 12:06:31 INFO - Sanesecurity mirror site used: postfix.charite.de > 141.42.206.35 > > Oct 26 12:06:31 WARNING - Connection to postfix.charite.de 141.42.206.35 > failed- Trying next mirror site... > > Oct 26 12:06:31 INFO - Sanesecurity mirror site used: clamav.us.es > 150.214.142.197 > > Oct 26 12:06:31 WARNING - Connection to clamav.us.es 150.214.142.197 > failed - Trying next mirror site... > > Oct 26 12:06:31 INFO - Sanesecurity mirror site used: mail.inetmsg.com > 173.10.94.185 > > ........... > > I have the proxy set as follows: > > rsync_proxy="owl.wmin.ac.uk:873" - it used to be > rsync_proxy="wwwcache.wmin.ac.uk:873" > > curl_proxy="-x wwwcache.wmin.ac.uk:3128" > > Is there anything obviously wrong? The problem is in your config file in the Sanesecurity section. Here is what I am seeing on my rsync server: 2010/10/26 07:47:44 [30459] connect from isls-clamav2.wmin.ac.uk (161.74.14.207) 2010/10/26 07:47:45 [30459] rsync on sanesecurity/ from isls-clamav2.wmin.ac.uk (161.74.14.207) 2010/10/26 07:47:45 [30459] building file list 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "#" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "#.sig" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "Medium" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "Medium.sig" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "false-positive" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "false-positive.sig" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "rating:" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) 2010/10/26 07:47:46 [30459] rsync: link_stat "rating:.sig" (in sanesecurity) failed: No such file or directory (2) There should be nothing listed between the open and closing quotes in this section except signature databases (and the database names MUST be spelled correctly, as well): ss_dbs=" junk.ndb jurlbl.ndb phish.ndb rogue.hdb sanesecurity.ftm scam.ndb spamimg.hdb winnow_malware.hdb winnow_malware_links.ndb " Fix that and you should be good to go. Regards, Bill -- The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK.