I am using version 0.84rc2 with clamassassin 1.22 and havent had any issues with it. It is catching quite a few viruses that symantec hasnt. I had a very old version so was forced to update.
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(Odhiambo Washington) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 11:37:00 -0400 > From: Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Clamav-users] freshclam watchdog? > To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > From: henry j. mason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > i need to know when freshclam fails silently. > > i know freshclam includes options to alert on errors, > > but i'd rather have some other process looking at it > > and making sure it's doing the right thing. has anyone > > tackled this problem? or is this just too obscure? > > [---snip---] > > > any ideas? i'm thinking about cobbling together something > > in perl to run from a cron job. > > That would be my choice. I've never had a problem with freshclam, but if I > wanted to monitor it, I would probably write a perl script to run once a day > and notify me if there is no entry for the current day. > > You could make it run more frequently, but then you would have to deal with > timestamp comparisons. > > Bowie Bailey > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 15:50:26 GMT > From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Clamav-users] clamd segfaulting as of about thursday > To: "'ClamAV users ML'" <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Tomasz Kojm > > Sent: dinsdag 3 mei 2005 14:51 > > To: ClamAV users ML > > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] clamd segfaulting as of about thursday > > > > On Tue, 03 May 2005 08:23:38 -0400 > > Mike Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Now that we have reports of spam crashing v0.80, it is time > > > for me to test v0.84. > > > > If I was your boss, I'd fire you. Admins who wait with an update until > > a software (especially a mission critical one responsible for e-mail > > delivery) starts crashing are not worth any money. > > That seems a bit harsh. Mike makes a good general point about choosing > pro stability. I myself tend to wait things out a day or two. Recently, > for instance, qpopper moved from 4.0.5 to 4.0.6 to 4.0.7, all in a few > days, with the proverbial "Oops! we forgot something!" Naturally, clamav > is not qpopper, but still, it is quite sensible, imho, to wait a day or > two before upgrading major stuff, to avoid these oopses. > > Having said that, I just upgraded my 0.83 installation to 0.84 (after > reports on this list over the last few days were favorable). And it was a > breeze. Took a grand total of less than 5 minutes. ;) In that regard, of > course, there is really no valid excuse to still be running 0.80, > methinks. > > - Mark > > System Administrator Asarian-host.org > > --- > "If you were supposed to understand it, > we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:52:26 +0300 > From: Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] freshclam watchdog? > To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > * Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20050503 18:38]: wrote: > > From: henry j. mason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > i need to know when freshclam fails silently. > > > i know freshclam includes options to alert on errors, > > > but i'd rather have some other process looking at it > > > and making sure it's doing the right thing. has anyone > > > tackled this problem? or is this just too obscure? > > > > [---snip---] > > > > > any ideas? i'm thinking about cobbling together something > > > in perl to run from a cron job. > > > > That would be my choice. I've never had a problem with freshclam, but if I > > wanted to monitor it, I would probably write a perl script to run once a > day > > and notify me if there is no entry for the current day. > > > > You could make it run more frequently, but then you would have to deal with > > timestamp comparisons. > > Why don't people think about the KISS principle? > freshclam can run in foreground, just like clamd and daemontools were > written by DJB, no? > I run clamd via daemontools, and I believe freshclam can also be run > same way, so no re-invention of wheels. > > > -Wash > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > -- > +======================================================================+ > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > +======================================================================+ > Information Center, n.: > A room staffed by professional computer people whose job it is > to tell you why you cannot have the information you require. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > End of clamav-users Digest, Vol 8, Issue 7 > ****************************************** > -- Dwayne Hottinger Network Administrator Harrisonburg City Public Schools _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
