On 1/24/2011 11:26 AM, Voy User wrote: > On 1/24/2011, Bowie Bailey wrote: >>> On 1/24/2011 5:41 AM, Voy User wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have a debian image which I use to install Debian onto other boxes. >>> The image has clamav included. I want to update the image regularly with the >>> lastest signature updates, so that any time I use the image, it would have >>> the >>> latest signatures. >>> >>> What's the best way to do this? >>> Should I wget the signatures from the clamav site to the images >>> /var/lib/clamav directory on a nightly basis >>> >>> i.e. >>> wget http://db.local.clamav.net/main.cvd >>> wget http://db.local.clamav.net/daily.cvd >>> wget http://db.local.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd >>> >>> If so, are these the only 3 files to get? Also, does clamav engine >>> itself need to be told (by way of some conf updates etc) that signatures >>> have been updated? >> Instead of reinventing the wheel, why not just run freshclam on an >> active server and then copy its database directory over to your images >> directory? > So I need to copy over all 4 files from /var/lib/clamav > main.cvd, daily.cvd, bytecode.cvd & mirrors.dat?
Yep. > I didn't want to install clamav on the box which contains the image. > Is it possible to install and run just freshclam without running clamav? I've never tried installing freshclam on its own, but I can't think of any reason off-hand why it wouldn't work. > If not, I guess I install both on a separate machine & copy the files over > regularly? If your installation image contains clamav, don't you already have machines around with clam installed? -- Bowie _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
