ClamAv updater failed

Dhawal Doshy dhawal at NETMAGICSOLUTIONS.COM
Fri Apr 22 10:10:20 IST 2005


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Julian Field wrote:
>
>
> You must always put the pathname (indicated at the end of the relevant
> line in virus.scanners.conf) on the end of the command-line for all the
> updaters. This is essential as it tells the updater where the virus
> scanner is actually installed.
>
> Don't run them without this unless you want really random results.
>

Didn't know this one.. i kept wondering why a change to $PackageDir in
clamav-autoupdate didn't work (and never bothered to ask)

thanks,
- dhawal

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