Bill Landry wrote: > 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...
This is where our paths split. Beyond this point we have different needs and the readership here is richly enlightened for our experiences. Thanks for playing. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
