On 11/1/2022 10:51 AM, khodor barakat via clamav-users wrote:
do you think i should create a freshclam.service with timer and reference the clamav-freshclam.service , also in freshclam.conf the checks by default is set to 12 checks by day and you can change that,
freshclam-sleep is a hack to allow cron to start freshclam at a random time. A systemd timer unit already has this ability, so it can invoke its service at a random start time. Just invoke freshclam as a type oneshot service (the default) with no arguments. The service will attempt to perform the update once and then exit. The matching systemd timer unit will be responsible for the policy of repeating the attempts.
Compare to certbot-renew.timer, which renews LetsEncrypt certificates (below). You'll want to change the OnCalendar value to something reasonable for ClamAV signature updates. End users can install a "drop-in" file to customize a systemd unit without editing the original package files. This is useful to change the frequency of freshclam invocations. Look for "drop-in" here:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html File certbot-renew.timer, an example systemd timer unit: [Unit] Description=This is the timer to set the schedule for automated renewals [Timer] OnCalendar=*-*-* 00/12:00:00 RandomizedDelaySec=12hours Persistent=true [Install] WantedBy=timers.target _______________________________________________ Manage your clamav-users mailing list subscription / unsubscribe: https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat
