Which Sophos Anti-virus download do I need to install on Linux servers and so they can be seen on Sophos Enterprise Console?
I've been trying to install Sophos AV for Linux servers, I have followed the instructions in the documentation and there is one point which differs from the instructions. This part is when it asked if I want to enable remote management, I do not get asked…
Redhat & Sophos, but no GUI option
Hi guys, i'm new to installing Sophos on Linux (Redhat) and was wondering if I could use the web based gui after installation. After running /opt/sophos-av/bin/savsetup I do not see the menu containing 2 for Sophos Anti-Virus GUI configuration. instead…
Linux or Ubunutu
Which is the best to use for a CID installation for Sophos? Or rather which will produce the least amount of hardship trying to get it to work!
sophos av for linux scan schedule
Hi Community,
We have a requirement to make sophos av to start scan on every month last friday how can i configure sophos to scan on last friday every month using the namedscan file and send a report to my email id after scans are finished.
Could…
Linux keeps freezing after sophos av install
I installed https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-linux.aspx#startChat on my Linux Mint Cinnamon 64 bit machine.
Ever since, Linux freezes on every boot. Hence I need to uninstall it. How can I do this?
Either an…
Installation help for Ubuntu
I'm looking for some help getting Sophos Endpoint installed on a new Ubuntu server. I've got a limited command of the Ubuntu command sets and I'm looking for a step by step type guide to set this up.
I'm running the Enterprise Console 5.3.1 on my windows…
Sweep return code 8, could not open file
Hi everyone,
I am currently in a pickle here, running out of ideas, and hopefully someone encountered a similar, or same problem as I had.
Environment:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
I am running an Java application on Websphere Application…
Sophos av reports
Hi ALl,
I'm new here ,Is there any reports in sophos av ?if yes where can i see the scans report?
Thanks & Regards,
Abdul Adil.
Web Console for Sophos anti-virus for linux
Hi community,
I have recently installed sophos antivirus for linux on my system but not able to get the web console can any one please suggest a solution to get the web console gui .
OS: Centos 6.5 x64 bit.
Sophos av for linux (free).
…
Endpoint shows "Awaiting policy from console"
Sophos Enterprise Console shows endpoint in status of "Awaiting policy from console". It may stay like this even after rebooting and restarting the RMS service.
Error 0x0004021e on Slackware 12.1
Hello!
We have actually the Problem that we can't install Sophos Free 9 (downloaded 08.10.2015) on a Slackware 12.1 2.6.29.6j-smp. We get the error "Scanning error 0x0004021e"!
Is there any solution to solve this Problem?
With best regards :)
Installation aborted. Scanning error [0x0004021e]
I'm trying to install Antivirus for Linux version 9.10 and I always get this error message:
Fetching free update credentials. Installing Sophos Anti-Virus.... Installation aborted. Scanning error [0x0004021e]
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS , but I…
How to check newly downloaded sophos (for linux) archive integrity?
Hi I have downloaded sophos for linux but I couldn't find its check sum (md5 or sha256 etc); So my question is how to check the sophos newly downloaded archive integrity? Thanks
Scanning my system causes "errno is 13" on every scanned directory
When I do "savscan /" in my Linux-Terminal I just get error messages on every directory : "could not open XYZXYZ (errno is 13)". What could be the problem?
Why does SAV stop working when I update the package with 'yum update'?
When you try to use yum or RPM to update the sav rpm install it breaks SAV.
when you run rpm -qil savinstpkg it will show it as being installed and that the only file in the rpm is a tgz file in /opt/sophos-av/. But the directory does not exist nor…
RE: Unable to set the Active Directory Name when creating the linux package
At least install.sh accepts all of them. When the --sec-group option is correctly used the endpoint does indeed appear in the specified SEC group. The article doesn't mention the correct format though (like the ones for Windows and MAC do): \SecServerName…
Unable to set the Active Directory Name when creating the linux package
Even though it is documented here
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/122249.aspx
as of version 9.8.5 linux client you are unable to pass the AD ( Active directory ) domain. The command comes back with incorrect usage message.
eg…
Command savdstatus does not return reliable information about on-access scanning
This is what I see in Linux, unsure if it applies on windows and OSX.
When using something like a configuration management system like saltstack, puppet or cfengine, without reliable status information it is makes it hard to conform the configuration…
Re-install of linux agent not supported and causes issues with SEC
BEWARE:
According to ticket #5082481, re-installing the linux agent while keeping the same name is NOT SUPPORTED. This is true even after an OS re-image.
If it is re-installed SEC will get multiple entries in the SEC database that cannot be fixed…
Linux machines showing up as Windows OS
There is a FEATURE that the OS is obtained from the AD properties of the host. If you have machines that change OS but not name SEC can get confused about what OS they are.
Seems like sophos is using the "operatingSystem" attribute in AD to populate…
Re-Installing Linux endpoint creates multiple instances in SEC
This is to document this for others as it is a big deal for us.
There is a FEATURE that the act of re-installing the agent on linux while the machine keeps the same name causes multiple instances in the SEC database. This can cause the "New" machine…