On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:34:33 +0200 in [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Salvatore Basso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brian Morrison wrote > > > No, the Checks parameter in freshclam.conf determines the update > > frequency for the pattern files. > > > > The /etc/cron.daily/freshclam entry is used to clean > > up/var/lib/clamav if any files in there have not been accessed in 72 > > hours. Except for the.cvd files of course, it does a touch on those. > > ..in the file /etc/freshclam.conf there is write: > > # Number of database checks for day > # Default: 12 (every two hours) > Checks 24 > > this does not make reference to update signature or I mistake ? > thanks. Yes. That is exactly what this means. Freshclam runs as a daemon, started from /etc/rc.d/init.d/freshclam. It reads /etc/freshclam.conf for its settings. /etc/cron.daily/freshclam is used simply to remove unchanged non .cvd files in the database directory. -- Brian Morrison bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
