On Jul 6, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Noel Jones wrote:

>> What is a suitable command I could use to test that this is firing?  I've 
>> tried a few things with ECHO but nothing shows up.
>> 
> 
> echo won't work.  The event script is run by the clamd daemon, which isn't 
> attached to a terminal.
> 
>> Maybe some kind've of command to drop some data into a text file or 
>> something like that?
> 
> Yes, that should work.  A typical use of the event script would be to trigger 
> an email message to the admin.

Interesting, I made my VirusEvent line look like this in clamd.conf:

VirusEvent /bin/cp /Library/mytestfile.txt /Library/mytestfile2.txt

Then I stop and start the daemon using launchctl.

Then I do a clamdscan of the folder with EICAR in it.

The terminal reports it finds the EICAR.

But the mytestfile is not copied.

Is this a valid test?  Would you expect the VirusEvent action to fire here?

Thanks,
Russ

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