broken clamav update?

[Julian Field]

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Dennis Goebel wrote:
> hello,
>
> my Mailscanner logged a message saying  "None of the files matched by
> the "Monitors For ClamAV Updates" patterns exist!"
>
> My config file instructs MailScanner to monitor *cvd files:
> Monitors for ClamAV Updates = /var/lib/clamav/*.cvd
>
> After running the ClamAV update there are no *cvd files on my system
> anymore.
>
> I change this config line to:
> Monitors for ClamAV Updates = /var/lib/clamav/main.inc/*.db
>   
You want to watch for the daily files too, they change far more 
frequently. Set it to this:
Monitors for ClamAV Updates = /usr/local/share/clamav/*.inc/* 
/usr/local/share/clamav/*.cvd

(All of that should be on one line, obviously)

That will make it watch for everything it should be.
> Now everything works fine again.
>
> Regards
> Dennis
>
>
> Bryan Guest schrieb:
>   
>> Hello:
>>
>> Is anyone else seeing MailScanner fail to process messages from what
>> appears to be a botched ClamAV update?
>>
>> One of my blades got hosed sometime after 13:00 EST (gmt -05:00).
>>
>> Any assistance in clearing this up would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Bryan Guest
>> Bruce Telecom
>>     

Jules

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