On Thursday 06 December 2012 14:09:16 Dennis Peterson did opine: > On 12/6/12 10:44 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Speaking of clamd.conf, I wonder if some of you might be editing the > > wrong clamd.conf file? I am not sure how it got to be, but according > > the the launcher script in /etc/init.d. it is using > > /etc/clamav/clamd.conf, but I have others also. > > You should make no assumptions about the location of the clamd.conf > file. It can be anywhere but is specified by the configure/compile > operation, the installer if built from source, the RPM packager, and the > command line in the launch script. Any or all can be screwed up or got > right by any of the people involved. > > dp
Of course I understand that Dennis, but when you go from an old, broken deb install, to a tarball build and then back to a deb install, these installs have no clue that they are replacing a different install, so its best to end the confusion and summarily nuke the old stuff. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! I was in a beauty contest one. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Miss Congeniality. -- Phyllis Diller I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
