Thomas Lamy scribbled on Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:24 PM: > Ken Goods wrote: > >> I'm running Sendmail, Mailscanner, Spamassasin, and Clamav >> (0.70rc-1). I would like to upgrade Clamav. Tried yum but it >> continues to tell me there are no updates available. So on to plan >> two. I'm going to install from the RPMs but wasn't exactly sure of >> the process. >> >> This is my plan. >> 1. Stop Mailscanner (which will effectively stop Sendmail and Clamav, >> correct?) > Not sure (not my config). Better stop sendmail and clamav, too. >> 2. Save my current clamav.conf to /tmp > Always a wise decision ;-) >> 3. rpm -e clamav >> 4. rpm -Uvh new clamav-db rpm package >> 5. rpm -Uvh new clamav package > Why not: rpm -Uvh clamav-db clamav ? Should keep track of everything > (if the RPMs are built properly). > If you're not sure, run something like > find /etc /usr -name "*clamav*" -print > after rpm -e and check for leftover libs or binaries and delete them > manually. I've seen too many requests here which were tracked > down to be > old duplicate leftovers... >> 6. copy clamav.conf back to /etc >> 6. restart Mailscanner >> >> Sorry if this is elementary but it's my first time and this is a >> production server that can't afford to be down long. I've searched >> the web and can't find any detailed instructions for this type of >> update (when one program is depending on others being there 24/7) >> >> Any hints, tips, tricks, and/or got-cha's would be helpful. >> >> TIA! >> Ken > > > Thomas > >
Many thanks for the tips Thomas! Exactly what I was looking for! Ken takes a deep breath and heads for the machine room..... ;) Kind regards, Ken ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
