Topic: freshclam: Update failed

[Mustangsa]

HI i am a newbie to SME7.2 , windows i am great with. One of my buddy told me to try it , now i do.

I installed the software on a spare server, no prob. I had a pain to connect to the internet via ADSL , got it sorted. Now I get the message for "freshclam: Update failed" what does it mean, how do i fix it.

I am goging to ask a dum Q , but i have to . How do i install software on the SME72. for example No-ip , i did download the software , but I dont know how to install. I got the system to use my windows mail server and i get about 15 of these messages very day on my email , the windows server relay the messages for me, for the simple reason that i have one outbound server, same for internet , my server get his update from my windows proxy server.

One more Q , i get the following message as well and dont know what to make of it.

Subject :Cron <root@apdlinux> run-parts /etc/cron.daily


Message : /etc/cron.daily/01-rkhunter:

/usr/bin/rkhunter: line 3010: strings: command not found
Line:
Watch out Root login possible. Possible risk!
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Found warnings:
[04:04:08] Warning: root login possible. Change for your safety the 'PermitRootLogin'

-----------------------------------------------------------------

If you're unsure about the results above, please contact the author of Rootkit Hunter. Fill in contact form: http://www.rootkit.nl/contact/ Some errors has been found while checking. Please perform a manual check on this machine apdlinux
/etc/cron.daily/0check4updates:

Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: smeupdates
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from smeupdates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from smeupdates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

[mmccarn]

Now I get the message for "freshclam: Update failed" what does it mean, how do i fix it.

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?action=search2&search=freshclam%3A+Update+failed

Subject :Cron <root@apdlinux> run-parts /etc/cron.daily


Message : /etc/cron.daily/01-rkhunter:

/usr/bin/rkhunter: line 3010: strings: command not found
Line:
Watch out Root login possible. Possible risk!
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Found warnings:
[04:04:08] Warning: root login possible. Change for your safety the 'PermitRootLogin'

-----------------------------------------------------------------

If you're unsure about the results above, please contact the author of Rootkit Hunter. Fill in contact form: http://www.rootkit.nl/contact/ Some errors has been found while checking. Please perform a manual check on this machine apdlinux

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?action=search2&search=rkhunter+root+login
This message tells you that you have enabled login via ssh as root -- which is a security risk.  You can either ignore this message, consider it a daily reminder that rkhunter is running properly, or disable root login, enable login as another user, and use 'sudo root' when you really need root access...

/etc/cron.daily/0check4updates:

Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: smeupdates
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from smeupdates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from smeupdates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?action=search2&search=Cannot%20open/read%20repomd.xml
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Yum_Updates
There seem to be lots of folks with yum issues...

How do i install software on the SME72. for example No-ip , i did download the software , but I dont know how to install

Search the contribs.org forums (here), the wiki (http://wiki.contribs.org) and the bug tracker (http://bugs.contribs.org) for someone who has already installed the software you want to install, and see what they say.

SME is based on CentOS.  Many programs can be installed from various repositories that maintain up-to-date rpms for CentOS packages.  Check http://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Yum_Repository

One of SME's strengths is a database-driven temnplating system for common Linux configuration files.  This is great when the changes you want to make have already been templated, however, you should be aware that if you install any package that uses one of the 'templated' config files the installation is likely to work until you reboot, or until you make a change to one of your SME settings, and the config file is rebuilt...

I've given you some links to search results above - you'll need to read through some of the topics listed and see if any describe your situation.  You are strongly encouraged to use search on your own - in the forum, in the wiki, and in the bug tracker - to see if your question has already been answered.

Also, if you do want or need actual help, you should endeavor to start a separate topic for each problem.  This will allow people to help more coherently - imagine what will happen if we try to continue four separate conversations in this one topic

Finally, Welcome to SME!