freshclam and clamd 0.74

[Mike McMullen]

From: "Peter Bonivart" <peter at UCGBOOK.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: freshclam and clamd 0.74


> Mike McMullen wrote:
> > I have installed ClamAV .74 on an FC2 system. When I run
> > freshclam it updates the database but then barfs complaining about
> > being unable to update the clamd daemon.
>
> I installed Clam by RPM and didn't install the clamd RPM for the same
> reasons you mentioned and got the same complaint. I just touched up an
> empty /etc/clamav.conf and it went away.
>
> --
> /Peter Bonivart

Hi Peter,

I installed from the FC2 binary RPM on the ClamAV download. It's
clamav-0.74-1.i386.rpm.  I guess you get clamd et all in the package
now. I had an /etc/clamav.conf that came with the distribution.

Anyway, the good news is that the message went away. Apparently
freshclam has discovered clamd isn't running and isn't trying to update it.

Thanks,

Mike

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