CLAMAV NOT RUNNING? Possible Solution

[William Case]

Hi Javier;

On Mon, 2006-24-04 at 01:11 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> try running clamd by itself
> what does it say?
> what does it complains of when starting?
[root@ ~]# clamd
ERROR: You must select server type (local/tcp).

So, I went into /etc/clamd.conf and undefaulted
LocalSocket /var/run/clamd.<SERVICE>/clamd.sock

Ran [root@ ~]# clamd

and got no return.

ran [root@ ~]# service clamd start
clamd: unrecognized service


>         >
>         > All help greatly received.  I haven't felt so frustrated
>         since I first installed Red Hat 7.0.

And that was my first day of Linux. Got trapped in 'vim' and took 4 hours 
to figure out how to get out.


Regards Bill