Hello,
There might be possibility that we will use more services from clamd in the
future. So we want to use clamd + clamdscan instead of clamscan.
In which case I wanted to know the difference between running clamd@scan
service vs running clamd. What's the difference and what is recommended?
Thanks in advance,
-Neel.
From: "Brendan Bell (brebell)" <breb...@cisco.com>
Sent: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:36:02
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Cc: neel roy <neelsm...@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Using clamd@ service vs launching clamd from
command line
If you only want to do one scan per day, you may wish to use clamscan instead
of clamd + clamdscan.
If you're doing scans on the commandline, the advantage to using clamd is
to reduce load time. You can load once, and then use clamdscan to target
multiple files or directories with multiple scan commands.
If you're running a single scan once, even if selecting multiple files or
directories, then clamscan may be easier:
E.g. run:
clamscan -r DIRECTORY1 DIRECTORY2 DIRECTORY3
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neel roy via clamav-users <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2024 10:25 AM
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Cc: neel roy <neelsm...@rediffmail.com>
Subject: [clamav-users] Using clamd@ service vs launching clamd from command
line
Hello,
https://docs.clamav.net/manual/Usage/Scanning.html#clamd reads "Once you
have set up your configuration to your liking, and understand how you will be
sending commands to the daemon, running clamd itself is simple. Simply execute
the command:
clamd"
But after installation I also get
"/usr/lib/systemd/system/clamd@.service".
Question I have is, if I have only one conf file
"/etc/clamd.d/scan.conf" and all I want to do is run scan once a day,
what is the advantage of using clamd@ service vs launching "clamd"
from command line?
And if there is no difference, which approach is recommended and why?
Thanks in advance,
-Neel.
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