I got the problem sorted by trial and error, clamd is now running
successfully, thanks for your help
Ollie.
On 18/04/06, Dennis Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ollie Brady wrote:
> > Hi I am getting the below error when trying to run Clamd. The .conf
> files
> > are where they are supposed to be.
>
> How do you know this? By that I mean how do you know where they are
> supposed to be?
>
> > Does anyone know what could be causing
> > this?
> >
> >> $ clamd
> > ERROR: Please edit the example config file /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf.
> > ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf
> > wwwdev1:/usr/local/sbin>
>
> Yes - the config files in a fresh installation are not quite ready to
> use. In fact they have the word "Example" in there on a line by itself
> which must be commented out with a hash ("#"). If this is not done then
> the software will refuse to start. This is done for your safety. It is
> hardly likely this is the only change you need to make.
>
> There are many options in that file that you need to examine. The
> defaults may not be suitable for your installation. You need to look at
> each option and study them in the documentation to see what applies to
> you and what you need to change. If you don't understand an option then
> you are not ready to turn it on.
>
> dp
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