Thanks guys ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Benzaquen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ClamAV users ML" <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:15 PM Subject: RE: [Clamav-users] virusDB update issue
> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of .rp > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:40 PM > > To: ClamAV users ML > > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] virusDB update issue > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have one question about the virusDB updating. Supposely my clamd is > > > scanning for virus while libclamAV is updating the database. Does it > > > take effect immediately to my current scanning upon the completion of > > > the updating , or does it take effect on the next time I do the virus > > > scan and leave the current scanning with the outdated virus pattern? > > > > > > > > The updated database is not in use until the restart of clamav. > > You should > > see in your logs something allow the lines of 'database read in' > > > > Actually it depends on the way you are scanning. > > If you are using 'clamscan', it reloads the DB everytime you run the > program, so in this case you would have to restart the scanning. > > If you are using 'clamdscan', clamd reloads the DB every time it does a > "SelfCheck" (configured at /etc/clamd.conf). The threads that are currently > scanning continue to scan with the old DB, but the new ones start scanning > with the updated DB. You don't need to restart clamd. Clamd also reload the > DB if you told it to thru the RELOAD command. > > - Samuel > > _______________________________________________ > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > > _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
