Re: [Clamav-users] Clamd memory use

2007-12-10 Thread Dennis Peterson
Jeffrey Rice wrote: > Hello, > Is there any way to reduce/control the memory use of clamd? I'm running > a co-hosted VPS, so memory is at a premium. I have 256 Mb of RAM on the > machine, and clamd is taking 95Mb of virtual, and has a 65Mb resident > footprint! That seems excessive, to say th

[Clamav-users] Clamd memory use

2007-12-10 Thread Jeffrey Rice
Hello, Is there any way to reduce/control the memory use of clamd? I'm running a co-hosted VPS, so memory is at a premium. I have 256 Mb of RAM on the machine, and clamd is taking 95Mb of virtual, and has a 65Mb resident footprint! That seems excessive, to say the least! I tried compiling

Re: [Clamav-users] How to remove an infected file.

2007-12-10 Thread Dennis Peterson
Unai Rodriguez wrote: > Dear all, > > Let's imagine that while scanning the system ClamAV finds an infected file: > > file: virus FOUND > > What is the best way to remove it? > > 1) clamscan --remove file > > NOTE.- What if the files is *BIG*? Do I have to scan it again to remove it? > ---

[Clamav-users] How to remove an infected file.

2007-12-10 Thread Unai Rodriguez
Dear all, Let's imagine that while scanning the system ClamAV finds an infected file: file: virus FOUND What is the best way to remove it? 1) clamscan --remove file NOTE.- What if the files is *BIG*? Do I have to scan it again to remove it? - 2) rm file - 3) shred --r

Re: [Clamav-users] Unable to view ClamAV's Information file

2007-12-10 Thread Dave M
> I've installed clamav through the terminal. There's no problem with that. > But the problem is when I want to use it through application --> > accessories --> virus scanner . It says /"Unable to view ClamAV's > information file. This will affect. how ClamTk views the number of > viruses and versi

Re: [Clamav-users] pthread_create failed

2007-12-10 Thread Trog
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:38 +0200, Gareth Koopman wrote: > Today we seen it happen thrice randomly within three hours and once 3 weeks > ago > You need to try and find out what resource your system is running short of. It is most likely memory, but could also be CPU, or the max number of threads

Re: [Clamav-users] pthread_create failed

2007-12-10 Thread Gareth Koopman
Today we seen it happen thrice randomly within three hours and once 3 weeks ago On Monday 10 December 2007 01:26:22 pm Trog wrote: > On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:06 +0200, Gareth Koopman wrote: > > Hope this helps... > > > > [ophelia:~]# cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory > > 0 > > Ok, no problem the

Re: [Clamav-users] pthread_create failed

2007-12-10 Thread Trog
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 13:06 +0200, Gareth Koopman wrote: > Hope this helps... > > [ophelia:~]# cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory > 0 > Ok, no problem there. Does the problem only start after clamd has been running for a while? Roughly how long? -trog signature.asc Description: This is a di

Re: [Clamav-users] pthread_create failed

2007-12-10 Thread Gareth Koopman
Hope this helps... [ophelia:~]# cat /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory 0 On Monday 10 December 2007 12:21:13 pm Trog wrote: > On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 11:29 +0200, Gareth Koopman wrote: > > Good Morning > > > > I am currently running clamav 0.91.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS > > release 4 .The below

Re: [Clamav-users] pthread_create failed

2007-12-10 Thread Trog
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 11:29 +0200, Gareth Koopman wrote: > Good Morning > > I am currently running clamav 0.91.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release > 4 .The below error message is becoming more prominent in my clamav logs. As > soon as the below error occurs the load on the server steadily

[Clamav-users] Unable to view ClamAV's Information file

2007-12-10 Thread Hilman
Hi there, I'm trying to look up for help. I've installed clamav through the terminal. There's no problem with that. But the problem is when I want to use it through application --> accessories --> virus scanner . It says /"Unable to view ClamAV's information file. This will affect. how ClamTk vi

[Clamav-users] pthread_create failed

2007-12-10 Thread Gareth Koopman
Good Morning I am currently running clamav 0.91.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 .The below error message is becoming more prominent in my clamav logs. As soon as the below error occurs the load on the server steadily increases. I have played around with the MaxThreads setting in cla

[Clamav-users] proftpd-mod_clamav

2007-12-10 Thread Andre Hübner
Hello List, i think my question is not very complicated, but i could not find the solution. I use proftpd proftpd-1.3.0a and clamav-0.91.2 Clam is scanning bad files and is deleting them, but there is no message to the ftp-client. The Client always says successful, this is my problem. In my prof