Dennis Peterson wrote the following on 11/26/2006 12:11 PM -0800: > Bill Landry wrote: >> Erez Epstein wrote the following on 11/26/2006 1:24 AM -0800: >>> Hello everybody, >>> >>> >>> i have set up clamscan to scan all of the server using cron daily >>> ( /usr/local/bin/clamscan -r -i --exclude-dir=/sys --no-summary / ) >>> >>> >>> the scan is taking too long conisdered to other virus scanners (about >>> 6 hours) >>> why does it taking so much? >>> and how can i shorten it while still scaning all files every night. >> >> If you're running clamd, why not use clamdscan instead of clamscan, it's >> much faster? >> >> Bill > > That requires clamd run as root, does it not? > > dp
It can run under whatever user account you want it to run under (however, recommend that it not be root). See clamd.conf: # Run as a selected user (clamd must be started by root). # Default: disabled User SetUserAccountHere Bill _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
