id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
590	Problems with active McAfee Virus Scanner	mopp	Bruno Cornec	"This problem is not really a mondo problem. But the !McAfee scanner blocks in my default configuration certain files, which makes it impossible to create a backup. !McAfee doesn't like some files in the tar archive.
The problem cannot be solved by mondo, but my idea would be to write a big warning message into a log file.

Here are my error messages on SLES 11 SP1 with !McAfee on access scanner.
These messages are shown in the McAfee console:
{{{
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/vc.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/rd.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/raw.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/nst.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/ida.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/dm.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/dev/dev-entries.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/cciss.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/ataraid.tgz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=/bin/cp scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/var/cache/mondo.scratch.18997/mondo.scratch.3166/images/all.tar.gz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=gzip scanType=File
The file is a Block/Char/FIFO special file object=/var/cache/mondo.scratch.18665/mondo.scratch.11691/images/all.tar.gz, reason=NotScanned, uid=root, programPath=gzip scanType=File
}}}

One idea to improve the error handling could be to run this script during the sanity check.
{{{
if [ $(cat /proc/linuxshield/enabled 2>/dev/null) = ""1"" ]; then
        echo ""McAfee LinuxShield is enabled. McAfee might block access to certain special files.""
        echo ""Check in /var/opt/NAI/LinuxShield/etc/nailsd.cfg for 'nailsd.profile.OAS.action.error: Block'""
        echo ""You have two options:""
        echo ""Exclude all directories with special files (check McAfee System Events Log)""
        echo ""Disable the scanner during the backup""
fi 
}}}

Another idea would be to do a simple check if the *.tgz files in /usr/lib64/mindi/rootfs/ are readable. My McAfee version blocks the access to the files. They are not readable.

There are some other virus protection tools available, which might cause the same problem."	enhancement	assigned	normal	3.0.2	mondo	3.0.1	normal		McAfee Scanner Blocked Files