Tom Shaw wrote: > > Under OSX you should not run freshclam as a deamon but as a periodic > process run by launchd as _clamav:_clamav. Likewise for clamd. THis > allows for automatic process restart by launchd if there is a problem > (for example the bug that caused 0.94.2 to randomly crash using > unofficials on some systems). Using launchd rather than startup > scripts or cron jobs is much cleaner under OSX.
That is another option but certainly not a requirement of ClamAV, OS X, or launchd. Writing clean plist files is not necessarily a common skill. Some launchd info: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050620071558293, http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html There's more than one way to do it. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
