At 03:45 PM 6/8/2007, Efren Bravo wrote: > > You can use: > > echo "clamav database updated" | mail -s "Clamav Update OK" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > or for more info, maybe: > > clamscan /etc/motd | mail -s "clamav update OK" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Why not to use sigtool, isn't it supported on the new ClamAV database >version?
Sigtool is to unpack/test/verify *.cvd files (and some other functions). In particular, "sigtool -i" is only valid for a *.cvd packed/signed database. Clamav since 0.90 may use scripted incremental updates rather than downloading the entire daily.cvd or main.cvd, allowing for more frequent updates and less load on the update servers. Once a scripted update is applied, there will no longer be a *.cvd file, making sigtool irrelevant. Sigtool is not required for the daily.inc/main.inc directories that show up after a scripted update as those do not contain packed/signed files. Freshclam takes care of insuring that the scripted update is securely downloaded and applied correctly. So if freshclam reports success in applying an update, the reasonable thing for your OnUpdateExecute script to do is simply report that an update occurred. If you want information on the database version loaded, pipe the output of "tail /path/to/freshclam.log" or "clamscan --version" to mail. -- Noel Jones _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
