OK. It might be difficult to get the new client to run on the old o/s but I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for the input! James Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 at 12:14 PM, Joel Esler (jesler) <jes...@cisco.com> wrote: > The oldest version that is currently supported is the 0.101.x line, but that > will be EOL in January. So I would recommend 0.103.x or higher. > > — > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Dec 2, 2021, at 13:10, novpenguincne via clamav-users > > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net wrote: > > > > Thank you for the quick response. So that would lead into the logical next > > question. What would be the earliest client version that would work? I > > tried installing the 103.x client on that box but 103.x requires SystemD > > and this older box is still using SystemV. So is there a version of the > > client that is new enough to accept the new definition files but still old > > enough to install on a SystemV-based o/s? > > > > James > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > > On Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 at 10:49 AM, Joel Esler (jesler) > > > jes...@cisco.com wrote: > > > > > > James, > > > > > > Thanks for your email. ClamAV definitions won’t even work on those older > > > versions anymore. The Flevel for the main.cvd and daily.cvd are now set > > > higher than that, so those systems shouldn’t be able to load the newer > > > definitions. > > > > > > — > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2021, at 11:08, novpenguincne via clamav-users > > > > > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net wrote: > > > > > > > > To facilitate bandwidth issues, I've set up an internal clam proxy > > > > server on SLES15 running the 103.x client. I have successfully > > > > connected to it using a different SLES15 box also running the 103.x > > > > client and downloaded updates to it. > > > > > > > > However, I still have an older SLES11 box running the 98.x client. Due > > > > to extenuating circumstances, this box is not a candidate for an o/s > > > > upgrade. I also know from CLAM documentation that clients older than > > > > 100.x are no longer supported. But I would still like to have some a/v > > > > on this box until its retirement so I was trying to have it download > > > > from the proxy server as well. > > > > > > > > When I first attempted, it failed because it was trying to download > > > > main.cld which didn't exist on the proxy. So I turned off "scripted > > > > updates" on both the proxy and the target SLES11 box which is now > > > > forcing everything to use cvd files only. But now when I run freshclam > > > > on the SLES11 box, I'm getting different errors. It downloads the > > > > daily.cvd successfully. Then it tries to load signatures from > > > > daily.cvd. And then I get a sequence of errors: > > > > > > > > ERROR: During database Load > > > > > > > > WARNING: [LibClamAV] cli_ac_addsig: Signature for > > > > Win.Backdoor.SystemBC-9885562-0 is too short > > > > > > > > ERROR: Failed to load new database: Malformed database > > > > > > > > WARNING: Database load exited with status 55 > > > > > > > > ERROR: Failed to load new database > > > > > > > > Do I need to make a change in the freshclam.conf to get this to work? > > > > Or is it a matter of the 98.x client unable to read datafiles designed > > > > for 103.x clients? > > > > > > > > James > > > > > > > > clamav-users mailing list > > > > > > > > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > > > > > > > > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > > > > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > > > > > > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > > > > clamav-users mailing list > > > > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > > > > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > > > > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
