Clam ...

[Julian Field]

Can someone quickly take a look at freshclam and see if it returns a
different exit code if everything was up to date?

At 17:35 29/04/2003, you wrote:
>No matter what, it will say that ClamAV has been updated..
>
><snip>
>if (-x $ClamUpdateCommand) {
>   &LockClamAV();
>   $Command = "$ClamUpdateCommand --quiet -l $LogFile";
>   $Command .= " --http-proxy $HTTPproxy" if $HTTPproxy;
>   system($Command);
>   &UnlockClamAV();
>   Sys::Syslog::syslog('info', "ClamAV updated");
>} else {
>   Sys::Syslog::syslog('err',
>                       "ClamAV updater $ClamUpdateCommand cannot be run");
>}
></snip>
>
>Here is a No update needed output from freshclam..  I'd write something, but
>I don't have the time at the moment:
>
>[root at athena MailScanner]# freshclam
>Checking for a new database - started at Tue Apr 29 09:34:31 2003
>Current working dir is /usr/local/share/clamav
>Connected to clamav.elektrapro.com.
>Reading md5 sum (viruses.md5): OK
>viruses.db is up to date.
>Reading md5 sum (viruses2.md5): OK
>viruses.db2 is up to date.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:56 AM
>Subject: Re: Clam ...
>
>
>At 07:40 29/04/2003, you wrote:
> >Julian,
> >
> >Is it possible to also detect if clam is updated ?
> >
> >Currently i get in the logs:
> >
> >Apr 29 03:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Found clamav installed
> >Apr 29 03:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Updating clamav
> >Apr 29 03:01:01 vmx01 ClamAV-autoupdate[11488]: ClamAV updated
> >Apr 29 03:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Found f-prot installed
> >Apr 29 03:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Updating f-prot
> >Apr 29 03:01:02 vmx01 F-Prot autoupdate[11496]: F-Prot did not need
>updating.
> >
> >But in fact Clam isnt updated...Its telling this hourly:
> >
> >Apr 29 04:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Found clamav installed
> >Apr 29 04:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Updating clamav
> >Apr 29 04:01:01 vmx01 ClamAV-autoupdate[13518]: ClamAV updated
> >Apr 29 04:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Found f-prot installed
> >Apr 29 04:01:01 vmx01 update.virus.scanners: Updating f-prot
> >Apr 29 04:01:02 vmx01 F-Prot autoupdate[13526]: F-Prot did not need
>updating.
> >
> >Is the script reporting this ok ? Since i think its defaulting to the
> >'ClamAV updated' all the time, even when its not updated.
> >
> >I saw in the auto update script of f-prot some checking, but not in the
> >one for Clam, is it posible to do the same there ?
>
>Not sure. Take a look at the clam autoupdate script and see what you think.
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