Hello Odhiambo, > > starting from the 0.96.2 release, our source tarball includes a script to > > automatically restart clamd in case the daemon crashes. > I have used ClamAv for a long time and it's the one that made me discover > daemontools. > Now, I really love ClamAv but I don't see how this script would add value to > it, especially when pit against apps such as daemontools.
I agree with you, this script is obviously no match for daemontools & C. safe_clamd is mainly targeted for people who have not the knowledge/motivation to install/configure daemontools and at the same time want an easy way to restart clamd in case it crashes. Let me rephrase my initial request: if you are not already running clamd under some kind of monitoring tool, you should try safe_clamd. Debian and RPM packages of asterisk and mysql run the respective daemons under a monitoring script out of the box. We hope that in future this will be the case for clamd too. Best regards -- Luca Gibelli (luca _at_ clamav.net) ClamAV, a GPL anti-virus toolkit [Tel] +39 0187 1851862 [Fax] +39 0187 1852252 [IM] nervous/jabber.linux.it PGP key id 5EFC5582 @ any key-server || http://www.clamav.net/gpg/luca.gpg _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
