Overview

This article describes the two options to install the Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux or Sophos Linux Security when /tmp is mounted as noexec.

The following sections are covered:

• What to do
• Related information
• Feedback and contact

Applies to the following Sophos products and versions
Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux
Sophos Linux Security 10.3.2

What to do

The first thing to do is to check if the /tmp is mounted as noexec. To do this, run this command: mount|grep tmp

If the result shows /tmp noexec, proceed in doing either of the steps or options below:

Remount the /tmp without noexec

Remount the /tmp with exec enabled. To do this:

1. Mount the /tmp exec using this command: mount -o remount,exec /tmp
2. Run install.sh, SophosInstall.sh or use the package manager of your choice to install the package: rpm -i SophosInstall.rpm / deb -i SophosInstall.deb
3. Mount the /tmp noexec again using this command: mount -o remount,noexec /tmp

Overwrite theTMPDIR variable

The TMPDIR is a variable used by the Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux install script to extract the archives for the installation. Another way to install the Sophos Anti-Virus for Linux or Sophos Linux Security when /tmp is mounted as noexec is to set the TMPDIR variable to a mount point which is not mounted as noexec. 

Note: If the TMPDIR was already set to a location, you may want to restore the value of TMPDIR to what it was previously.

1. Set the TMPDIR to /var/tmp through this command: export TMPDIR=/var/tmp
2. Run the installer as described above.

Related information

• Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux: How to uninstall
• Installing the standalone version of SAV for Linux/UNIX

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