On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:16:04 +0200
Török Edwin <edwinto...@gmail.com> articulated:
> On 2010-12-31 15:09, TR Shaw wrote:
> >
> > On Dec 31, 2010, at 2:25 AM, Török Edwin wrote:
> >
> >> Actually in 0.96.5 freshclam gets the stats directly from clamd,
> >> not the logs. If you restart clamd the stats are lost as they are
> >> not saved anywhere.
> >
> >
> > Oh so that means if you want to keep stats you need to run
> > freshclam on shutdown or restart of clamav?
>
> Freshclam can run at anytime when clamd is alive (multiple times too
> of course). If you see 5 viruses today, and restart clamd tomorrow
> and see 5 more that won't meet the minimum threshold for submission
> (it will only see last 5).
> I don't think this is the issue here though.
>
> >
> > Also will kill -USR2 `cat $clamd_pid` lose stats?
>
> Due to a bug in clamd yes, see Tomasz's reply.
> This is already fixed in git.
That was the apparent problem. I have a script that downloads and
installs 3rd. party signatures and then forces a reload of clamd:
kill -USR2 ${CLAMD_PID}
This command is what is apparently stopping the updating of stats. It
is interesting that this bug was not caught during normal testing.
--
Jerry ✌
clamav.u...@seibercom.net
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