Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke via clamav-users
Op Donderdag, 26-09-2019 om 19:17 schreef G.W. Haywood via clamav-users: > Hello again, > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, CROFT Ian via clamav-users wrote: > > > ... making sure they are all strings looks better now in most cases. > > > > So I now have these :- > > > > OnAccessIncludePath /var/log > > (

Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread G.W. Haywood via clamav-users
Hello again, On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, CROFT Ian via clamav-users wrote: ... making sure they are all strings looks better now in most cases. So I now have these :- OnAccessIncludePath /var/log ( Only added to include to get around the bug previously mentioned ) OnAccessIncludePath /var

Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread Paul Kosinski via clamav-users
It would be better if these were consistent. Also, it seems to me that a regex is overkill, while a literal string is rather limiting. Might it not be better simply to use the standard file path pattern with wildcard characters ('*'), like (e.g.) rsync uses? On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:30:01 +0200

Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke via clamav-users
Indeed, I'm having this problem too. Probably the include wins over the exclude, even with this in the logs:  clamd[4940]: ScanOnAccess: Protecting directory '/var/log' (and all sub-directories)  clamd[4940]: ScanOnAccess: Protecting directory '/var' (and all sub-directories)  clamd[4940]:

Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread CROFT Ian
It's a fair point Ged well made. And making sure they are all strings looks better now in most cases. So I now have these :- OnAccessIncludePath /var/log ( Only added to include to get around the bug previously mentioned ) OnAccessIncludePath /var OnAccessExcludePath /var/log However eicar

Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke via clamav-users
Op Donderdag, 26-09-2019 om 11:22 schreef G.W. Haywood via clamav-users: > Hi there, > > On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, CROFT Ian wrote: > > > But when I put an EICAR test txt file in /var/log/test.txt it is getting > > picked up by the OnAccess scanner. > > > > I have tried ^/var/log/ and ^/var/log/* -

Re: [clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread G.W. Haywood via clamav-users
Hi there, On Thu, 26 Sep 2019, CROFT Ian wrote: But when I put an EICAR test txt file in /var/log/test.txt it is getting picked up by the OnAccess scanner. I have tried ^/var/log/ and ^/var/log/* - same issue the test.txt is still picked up by the OnAccess scanner when it should in my mind

[clamav-users] OnAccessExcludePath being ignored.

2019-09-26 Thread CROFT Ian
We have separate filesystems on our servers under /var :- /var /var/log /var/log/audit And following this advice recently :- While it is not recommended to scan everything under /var (or /var at all), the reason it fails is because you have /var submounts (/var/log, /var/tmp). This is