Re: ERROR: incorrect format on line "196"

At 20:40 +0100 22-03-2007, Max Andersen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I get this funny error when generating the DB:
>
>deb01:/usr/local/src/qmail-scanner-2.01# setuidgid qmaild
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-scanner-queue.pl -g
>perlscanner: generate new DB file from
>/var/spool/qscan/quarantine-events.txt
>ERROR: incorrect format on line "196"
>deb01:/usr/local/src/qmail-scanner-2.01#
>
>If I delete the latest entry in the following file, I get no error:
>
>deb01:/usr/local/src/qmail-scanner-2.01# tail -n5
>/var/spool/qscan/quarantine-events.txt
>.vbs    SIZE=-1 VBS files not allowed per Company security policy
>.lnk    SIZE=-1 LNK files not allowed per Company security policy
>.scr    SIZE=-1 SCR files not allowed per Company security policy
>.wsh    SIZE=-1 WSH files not allowed per Company security policy
>.bat    SIZE=-1 WSH files not allowed per Company security policy
>
>Anyone got a clue on what causes this behaviour? I have copied/pasted in
>vi, and wrote it clean.
>

Hi Max

You have to use a tab to separate the fields and add an end-line at the end:

.bat<tab>SIZE=-1<tab>BAT files not allowed per Company security policy<return>

Regards

ST

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