Dennis Peterson wrote: > Bill Landry wrote: >> Dennis Peterson wrote: >>> Bill Landry wrote: >>>> Dennis Peterson wrote: >>>>> I don't know when clamd will self-check. Do you? >>>> That can be disable in clamd.conf and then reloads scripted: >>>> >>>> SelfCheck 0 >>>> >>>> Then you will see in the clamd.log on restart: >>>> >>>> Wed Mar 4 20:11:41 2009 -> Self checking disabled. >>> Not on my systems, you won't. >> Ah, a non-answer. Why would you care about self-check if you simply >> reload databases when you KNOW there has been an update? And you do >> know when scripted updates have been done, don't you? > > Bill - I write signatures on a regular bases. I pump them into Clam's world > and > then I go back to work. It's one of those beautiful unintended consequences > of > my Mac OS being Unix that I can do this without breathing hard. I rsync them > over and then depend on Clam's self check to snatch them up and use them in > it's > own due course. > > Why don't I just send PING and you send PONG for the next couple exchanges > until > we tire of this.
Deflection - "I don't know when clamd will self-check. Do you?" Yes I do, never. I control database reloads, because I KNOW when databases have been updated, thus, file contention is a non-issue. Over and out... Bill _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
