* Darren Keech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030815 06:26]: wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I have setup Clam on my linux box and wondering how do I go about scanning
> my entire system?

man clamsdscan.


> I will be setting this up as a Cron job to run every fortnight to a month (I
> haven't decided yet).
> 
> Also how do I get Clam to fire up when I boot the system as well as check
> for any updates? I have recently done a bit of reading into Cron jobs and
> partially understand them but I am not sure on the correct syntax I should
> be using to accomplish this.

Grab the Clamav tarball. I believe in there you will find a script that can
be used to launch the daemon on boot.

find Clamav-source-directory -type f -name "*.sh".
Perhaps the one in clamav-milter/clamd.sh but you did not tell us how you
installed it so I am just assuming.



> Lastly, once Clam is started up does it automatically scans files like
> Nortons? or does it simply sit in the background until scan time comes
> around?

It does not. You have to tell it when to scan files. You must use it with
some Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) like Postfix, Sendmail, Exim, etc...
You must configureit also.


> Any help would be great and very much appreciated.

http://clamav.elektrapro.com/doc/html/


> BTW, as you may have noticed I am a real n00b so if you feel I should be
> reading something feel free to say so, unlike some n00bs I would rather
> understand what I am doing and just add a little bit of knowledge as I move
> along in my learning curve :)


Everyone is a n00b at some point ;)

-Wash

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