Hello - I'm new to this list and I'd appreciate your input on clamav configuration.
I'm running Fedora Core 8, and ClamAV 0.92.1/5777. I have these packages (no clamav-server): clamav-lib-0.92.1-2.fc8 clamav-filesystem-0.92.1-2.fc8 clamav-update-0.92.1-2.fc8 clamav-0.92.1-2.fc8 clamav-data-0.92.1-2.fc8 I ran freshclam to update defs with no problem as logged in the /var/log/freshclam.log The client clamscan seems to run fine, but complains of not finding /etc/clamd.conf, which makes sense since I do not have the clamav-server installed. So I did "touch /etc/clamd.conf" and get a warning (I suspect means nothing): $ /usr/bin/clamdscan /scratch/mydir WARNING: Clamd is not configured properly. ----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Infected files: 0 Time: 0.021 sec (0 m 0 s) So it appears the client does not need the presence of a clamav-server and its /etc/clamd.conf to run and scan targets. This suggest that one can manually scan and simply put that line in a cron job --Is this rationale correct? Then the clamav-server is simply to have clamd doing scans in real-time 24x7 -- is this correct? thanks! ~Aldo. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
