> there is such an option in freshclam
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ freshclam --help | grep RELOAD
> --daemon-notify[=/path/clamav.conf] send RELOAD command to clamd
>
> but it seems not to be working. all i know is that i had to restart
> clamd manually. only then it started to detect new viruses. so my
> question is: what is the status of that option? does it work?
>
> imho 1h is way too long to wait for reload definitions in
> busy server so
> i restart clamd every time new databases is downloaded.
For those who may be interested, here's a script I use every 3 hours on our Solaris
systems (SPARC and x86) to run freshclam and refresh the daemon:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
# update_clam - script to get latest virus signatures and refresh clam daemon
DAT=`date "+%Y%m%d"`
# Take backup copies of the databases. Note: it's worth having a clearout from time
to time, else you'll
# swallow up disk space - eventually
cd /usr/local/share/clamav
for db in viruses.db viruses.db2
do
cp ${db} ${db}.${DAT}
done
# Get the latest virus signatures by using su to run freshclam as CLAMAVUSER (see
ClamAV Makefile)
# In our case we have auser "exim" defined (as ClamAV is used in conjunction with Exim
and Exiscan)
su - exim -c "/usr/local/bin/freshclam" >/tmp/clam-update.err 2>&1
# Check to see if the daemon is running. If so, tell it to reload the databases. If,
for some
# reason the daemon isn't running, start it up
pid=`cat /usr/exim4/spool/clamd.pid` # Change this to wherever clamd's PID is stored
if test "$pid"
then
# Force clamd to reload databases
echo "RELOAD" | telnet localhost 3310
else
# clamd doesn't appear to be running, so re-start
/etc/rc2.d/S87clamd start # Change this to whatever script is
used to start clamd
fi
Paul Walsh
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