clamav-autoupdate

[Pete]

Miguel Koren OBrien de Lacy wrote:

>Pete;
>
>I'm not sure there is any upgrade information. You actually don't need much because
>the process is simple since you already have the conf file and the clamav user. What I
>do is:
>
>a) uncompress and untar the distribution in a directory of choice (I use /usr/local/src)
>b) go into the directory and do a ./configure (setting any options: I use "./configure
>--sysconfdir=/etc")
>c) make
>d) stop MailScanner and any rouge sendmail processes
>e) make a backup of my clamav.conf (just in case)
>f) stop cron temporarily (just in case)
>g) make install
>h) restart MailScanner (check to see if it started ok)
>i) restart cron
>j) after an hour or so see if the pattern updating is working normally
>
>This has worked fine for 3 upgrades so far. It takes about 5 minutes, maximum.
>
>MailScanner itself is also very, very easy to upgrade, You just follow the install
>instructions and then remember to update the MailScanner.conf file. Of course if you
>come from a much older version this may not be the case. I think that MailScanner has
>absolutely the best install/upgrade script I have used. But since this is Perl, your
>Perl infrastructure may interfere with this great feeling, although I never had
>problems. I like seeing the part "Oh good, you seem to ...." during the process; it's
>a human touch.
>
>Miguel
>
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>
>---------- Original Message -----------
>From: Pete <pete at eatathome.com.au>
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Sent: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:14:06 +1100
>Subject: Re: clamav-autoupdate
>
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>>Kevin Spicer wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 23:21, Pete wrote:
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>>>>COuld some one tell me how to check what/when the latest signature
>>>>version is or when it was last updated.
>>>>
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>>>>Additionally i am using clam .60 i have ms 4.24-5 so no support for the
>>>>perl module, should i be upgrading this version of clamav?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>Yes, you don't need to use the perl module, but the latest clam contains
>>>several important fixes - including more robust updating.
>>>
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>>Many thanks for the replies, any chance some one could point me towards
>>the upgrade doco? i cant find in the mailing list, the source or on the
>>clanm website. But i do remember some one posting a quickie howto
>>upgrade once, but buggared if i can find it.
>>
>>thanks
>>Pete
>>
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Awesome, thanks very much. Am trying the clam upgrade now.

I am planning to upgrade MS in March. I am very cautious about this sort 
fo thing, but i do want to use the newer SA and add DCC support. So i 
will attempt an upgrade of my back up mail filter in place, (2 
mailscanners running side by side), with an option in my schedule to 
allow for a total rebuild, should i break it :)

Thanks
Pete