On Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:45:29 -0700 Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com> wrote:
> > Which update method is best, and if it's freshclam, how do I get it > > to notify clamd? > > > > Regards, Bob > > There are normally three updates per day (every 8 hours) so running > freshclam at least daily will clearly be best if you want to stay > up-to-date. > That's what I thought. I've now blocked the repo update method. > Freshclam is looking for clamd.socket in /var/run/clamav, so check > your clamd.conf file to see if that is where it is specified: > > # Path to a local socket file the daemon will listen on. > > # Default: disabled (must be specified by a user) > > LocalSocket <PathTo clamd.socket> > Yes, that's what I have here in /etc/clamd.conf > and that freshclam.conf is checking for clamd.conf in the correct > location: > > # Send the RELOAD command to clamd. > > # Default: no > > NotifyClamd <PathTo clamd.conf> > And my /etc/freshclam.conf contains those lines > If clamd is not running, then there will be no clamd.socket and there > is no need to notify it. If and when clamd starts up, it will load > the current database and only needs to know if it has been updated > while running, at which time it will reload the new database. > clamd is running. I've just run freshclam maually as root and it seems to have updated clamd this time, so that previous logfile message will remain a mystery. Many thanks for your help. > -Al- Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 4.4.74-18.20-default Distro: openSUSE 42.2 (x86_64) Desktop: KDE Frameworks: 5.26.0, Qt: 5.6.1 and Plasma: 5.8.2
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