--- Luca Gibelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello Kevin O'C, > > > could not launch xmessage as clamav user - xauth > > permission error as predicted by Stephen - clamav > > group membership cannot provide permission > required - > > root user only. i don't have to use xmessage - > just > > want something to notify users in x session > (popup) > > that a virus has been detected. security concerns > > aside, should i try running clamd daemon as root > and > > how do i do this? > > First of all, you need to tell xmessage where it > should connect to > (hint: set the DISPLAY variable to :0.0) > > Then you need to give xmessage permission to connect > to that X session. > Either you allow _any_ program running on localhost > (hint: security risk!) > to connect to X with: > > $ xhost +localhost > > inside X, or you use xauth: > > # su $LOGNAME -c "xauth extract - $DISPLAY" | xauth > merge - > > where $LOGNAME is the user under which X is running > and $DISPLAY > most likely is :0.0 . > > man xauth for more info. > You probably need to wrap everything inside a > script... > > This has nothing to do with ClamAV, please ask > somewhere else for more > info. > > Best regards > > -- > Luca Gibelli (luca at clamav.net) - ClamAV, a GPL > virus scanner > PGP Key Fingerprint: C782 121E 8C3A 90E3 7A87 D802 > 6277 8FF4 5EFC 5582 > PGP Key Available on: Key Servers || > http://www.clamav.net/gpg/luca.gpg > _______________________________________________ > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
Hi Luca, thanks for your response... will study up on xmessage. will try xauth. i will try to write a simple clam virusevent script file (using clam feature built for this function) .. this could be a useful post for newbies to clam who want a simple functioning virus event... i will not post xmessage queries here. cheers Kev Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
