ClamAV and freshclam

[karlp at ourldsfamily.com]

On Sun, February 5, 2006 10:33 pm, Graeme Nichols said:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I have just installed clamav-0.88-1.fc4 on my laptop using 'yum install
> clamav' and there is no freshclam command. Is this a 'feature' of this
> version or have I made a mistake? I tried 'yum install freshclam' but it
> reported 'No action needed' Or is the command to update the sig file
> something different in this version? 'rpm -q clamav' states it contains a
> tool for automatic updating via Internet. On my desktop there is a service
> for automatically updating the sig file but not on my laptop after
> installing
> clamav.

ClamAV is usually used as a gateway mail scanner. Freshclam is installed by
default. Check /usr/local/bin/ for it. The clamav website has good docs on
it, too. I have it on my email server and freshclam runs from rc.local on
bootup with the following command:

/usr/local/bin/freshclam -d --checks=50
--daemon-notify="/usr/local/etc/clamd.conf"
--on-update-execute="/home/karlp/bin/freshclam.sh update"
--on-error-execute="/home/karlp/bin/freshclam.sh failed"
--on-outdated-execute="/home/karlp/bin/freshclam.sh outdated" -u root

That's all on one line, btw.

HTH.

Karl

>
> I didn't have clamav on this machine previously.
>
> Ta.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Graeme Nichols.
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