Because I like the way I can control qmail and clamd via daemontools...
And freshclam stopping is, to me, a major issue. If it stops and I'm unaware that it has stopped, then I run the risk of missing a vital virus definition update...
If noone else has implemented this, then I'll just read a lot and figure it out on my own ... I'll post my results to the list when I have some... I attempted this already, but all I got for my troubles was a large number of freshclam instances running at once... *doh!*
The closest I could come is to getting a zombied instance of freshclam :( Here's the run script I used:
#!/bin/sh
# daemontools runscript for the freshclam daemon.
# Location of freshclam binary FRESHCLAM=/usr/local/bin/freshclam # Clamav config file CLAMCONF=/etc/clamav.conf # How many times a day to update definitions UPDATENO=4 # Requires fghack FGHACK=/usr/local/bin/fghack
exec $FGHACK envuidgid _clamd $FRESHCLAM --daemon \
--checks=$UPDATENO
--stdout \
--log-verbose \
--log=/var/log/clam-update.log \
--http-proxy=localhost:8080 \
--daemon-notify=$CLAMCONFI threw fghack in since there is no way to prevent freshclam from backgrounding. And it works the same with/without the envuidgid bit. But this is the result:
root 25985 0.0 0.1 28 272 p0 S+ 10:28PM 0:00.00 fghack freshclam -d -c 4 --stdout
_clamd 6122 0.0 0.1 144 624 ?? Ss 10:28PM 0:00.01 freshclam -d -c 4 --stdout
_clamd 30432 0.0 0.0 0 0 p0 ZW+ - 0:00.00 (freshclam)
True, running the job periodically from cron works for the purpose. But it is nice to have the manageability and control of daemontools for these things.
DS
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