Panda not working

Steen, Glenn Glenn.Steen at AP1.SE
Mon May 9 16:25:48 IST 2005


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> Subject: Re: Panda not working
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> > Subject: Re: Panda not working
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> [...]
> > > Of course it's an over simplified example but it appears to
> > > be consistently
> > > accurate. If you wanted to do away with the wrapper e
> > > altogether this could
> > > be processed through the Message.pm::SafePipe function.
> > Uhum, and this works well with say 5 children on a busy server?
> 
> well, uh.. yes. The basic concept is already in use in other 
> wrappers and
> SafePipe is currently used for handling the UnRar tasks which 
> would be more
> intensive, in general, than the virus scanning it's self, I 
> would think.
I'm obviously missing something here... So SafePipe would solve
several simultaneous pavcl invocations writing to the one and
only /var/log/panda/pavcl.rpt? If so, then... let's go for it!

> >
> > > If Julian thinks there is enough call for the panda handling
> > > and doesn't
> > > have the time to mess with it I could probably do something
> > > with it this
> > > week.
> > Be my guest (I'm certainly thoroughly fed up with panda... Do
> > surprise me and think up a brilliant scheme for it:)
> > And yes, I thought of using that "feature" too, but discarded it
> > as being unworkable MS (please prove me wrong;).
> > One could also use the panda.log file, but that would probably
> > become old in a hurry.
> 
> It wouldn't require anything "brilliant" just deciding the 
> best way to do
> it. The question, to me, is simply what does the user base 
> want. Then can it
> be done with reliability, then what is the best way to do it. 
> Getting angry
> at a company because they don't feel compelled to do things 
> your way is
> generally a waste of time. Been there with the rar author(s), 
> and I am a
> licensed user of thier product. If you download the free 
> Linux version the
> page clearly states unsupported so if it's a worthwhile 
> endeavor, let's see
> if it can be reasonably handled without their help. If there 
> isn't a real
> need for it then let's just move on.

Oh yes, no argument from me there.

-- Glenn

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> Rick
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