Oh okay. My problem was I never set "LocalSocket STRING" in my clamd.conf file therefore anybody was able to send the SHUTDOWN command to the daemon. Thank you.
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:48 AM, G.W. Haywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi there, > > On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 Some One wrote: > > > ... "echo SHUTDOWN | nc localhost 3310" would kill the daemon. > > I was not root at the time of sending the command and the daemon > > still quits. Isn't this bad? > > Check the permissions on the socket? > > -- > > 73, > Ged. > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml