On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 at 16:48:00 +1000, Kevin O'C wrote: > --- Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > aimed at a file. As a side note, clamd does not run > > as root in the > > default Debian install - it probably won't hae > > permission to scan /root. > > Please see the documentation at > > /usr/share/doc/clamav-base/README.Debian [...] > Hi Stephen, > > thanks for prompt reply - > > correction, i was testing virusevent with clamdscan, > not clamd. > clamd daemon is running happily via startup init > script. i think it is running as root - the clamdscan > test from terminal does run correctly ie. it scans the > /root dir and finds eicar virus..... > > the documentation you refer to is very basic, are you > a debian user?
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