Gerard wrote: > On Friday August 31, 2007 at 09:24:03 (AM) Lyle Giese wrote: > > [snip] >> But I also see in /var/log/messages, clamd doing a selfcheck on the >> databases every 30 minutes. > > [snip] > > I have nothing in the message log; however, I don't have clamd > configured to use that log either. I am considering changing the > config file and restarting the daemon and see what happens. It is my > opinion, although I may be incorrect, that clamd only checks for the > presents of updated clamd files and not third party definition files. > I cannot seem to verify that however. >
A proper script will send clamd a reload command on completion of downloading, testing, and distributing third party files. This can be as simple as sending kill -USR2 to the clamd PID, or using either the clamd tcpip or Unix socket to send a reload command. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
