On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:57:23 -0800 (PST) Dennis Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > What seems entirely bizarre about Fedora's ClamAV packages is that they > > don't use freshclam in daemon mode, they use cron to run it. There's a > > perfectly good tool provided that does all the necessary things to link > > freshclam to clamd, and they don't use it. > > > > If you run freshclam as a daemon you are obliged to monitor and restart it > should it die. It is needed for milliseconds each hour or what ever your > configuration is set for. If it runs out of cron it runs for just milli- > seconds - other wise it is in the proc table, uses memory, etc. And as > a daemon it is something of a bad neighbor. Running it from cron allows you > to include simple randomizing so it doesn't hit the server on the hour in > lockstep with hundreds of other systems. And even if you run at some other > minute after the hour you are still in lockstep with others who have selected > that minute. Randomize your poll - It's a small but net friendly thing to do. I accept your points Dennis, I'm just puzzled that people have so much trouble with freshclam daemons. I have used it for years and find it 100% reliable after a few problems with settings in the early months. I use a non standard interval so that the timing drifts relative to the clock time (on the hour at least). Horses for courses, but I feel that cron is more for the rare cases where freshclam doesn't seem to work properly. In my experience it has been very reliable. -- Brian Morrison bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
