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parts_decode_ext FAILED: Unix utility file(1) not available
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2006-11-20 17:06:28
pollox,

> After an upgrade to amavisd-new version 2.4.2-3 on a
debian etch
> I encounter the following error in mail.log:
>   (03476-02) (!!) TROUBLE in check_mail:
parts_decode_ext FAILED:
>   Unix utility file(1) not available, but is needed...
> But the file utility is available. What's wrong here?

> # which file
>   /usr/bin/file
> $path =
'/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bi
n';
> > Is the file(1) program executable?
> # ls -l /usr/bin/file
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10152 2006-09-26 14:30
/usr/bin/file
> > Are you running amavisd chrooted
> I'm not.
> $file doesn't work neather.

Were you able to resolve the problem by now?
Was the location of the file(1) utility reported during
startup,
such as:
  ...
  amavis[62131]: ANTI-SPAM-SA code    loaded
  amavis[62131]: Unpackers code       loaded
  amavis[62131]: Found $file  at /usr/local/bin/file
  amavis[62131]: No $dspam,           not using it
  ...

I don't have a better idea, apart from what I already said.
Could be something specific to Debian.

Amavisd tries to locate a program specified in variable
$file
(which by default is just 'file'), and if not given as
absolute
path, it tries to find it in one of the directories
specified
in $path. Also the program must be executable for the
process
accessing it (for username vscan), which implies that its
parent directories must allow at least a+x access.

  Mark

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