Perfect! --on-outdated-execute was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net [mailto:clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net]on Behalf Of Eric Rostetter Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:01 AM To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] notification when clamd engine outdated Quoting Cliff Hayes <cha...@afo.net>: > I am a system administrator who manages many servers and need a way to > programatically ping clamd on a server and get a response which I can > interpret to mean clamd is ok or the engine needs to be updated. If you're willing to do the reverse, you can have the servers notify you by running freshclam with the --on-outdated-execute option... > If there is no such thing, then is there a way to get clamd to email me when > the engine is outdated? See above... Depending on your monitoring setup, you might be able to remotely check it. But if not, you can surely use the --on-outdated-execute option to email you... > Thanks, > > Cliff > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Go Longhorns! _______________________________________________ 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
