On Monday 28 Nov 2005 11:08, Grant Basson wrote: > >Should you ever come back to visit this list you'll learn that everything > >you need to know about this can be found in your clamd.conf file. That > >leaves for you the challenge of finding that clamd.conf file. > > > >dp > > MM all. > > I feel like a twit, but here goes anyway. > > > > How the heck do you run clamd? > > Man pages suggest that I just type clamd, I get the following response: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ clamd > > -bash: clamd: command not found
you need the full path probably find it with which clamd to see if it's running ps ax | grep clamd netstat -ap | grep clamd if you installed from the tarball, clamav will most likely be installed under /usr/local > > > > I honestly cant think of where else to turn, before I get asked the obvious > clam is installed, when I type clamscan I get the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$clamscan > > ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- > > Known viruses: 40192 > > Engine version: 0.87 > > Scanned directories: 1 > > Scanned files: 13 > > Infected files: 0 > > Data scanned: 0.05 MB > > Time: 1.004 sec (0 m 1 s) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ > > > > When I try clamdscan it does this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ clamdscan > > ERROR: Clamd is not configured properly. > > > > ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- > > Infected files: 0 > > Time: 0.000 sec (0 m 0 s) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ > > > > Does this mean clamd is running? > > > > I had to copy the man page for clamd, from the calmav website, but the > others, (clamscan, clamdscan, clamd.conf.) but no clamd > > This is extremely confusing, any assistance would be GREATLY appreciated. > > By the way, I'm replying to this message, because clamd.conf man page, said > clamd.conf was in /etc in my case I had to create it > > > Many thanks in advance, > > God Bless, > > Grant. > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html -- ----------------- Bob Hutchinson Midwales dot com ----------------- _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
