From: Thomas Lamy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Bowie Bailey schrieb: > > From: Odhiambo Washington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Why don't people think about the KISS principle? > > > freshclam can run in foreground, just like clamd and daemontools were > > > written by DJB, no? > > > I run clamd via daemontools, and I believe freshclam can also be run > > > same way, so no re-invention of wheels. > > > > The original problem was that freshclam simply stopped working. > > Daemontools would have done nothing since the process was still running. > > > > A perl script such as this could also watch for the "OUTDATED" messages > > to remind you that you need to upgrade. > > > Use logwatch (<http://www.logwatch.org/>) Not only useful for freshclam; > I found it to be an invaluable tool when one has to admin more than a > handful servers. With properly maintained filters, it sends you mail if > and only if something unusual is in your logfiles.
Logwatch could be used to watch for the "OUTDATED" messages, but, AFAIK, cannot notify you if an expected message is missing. Unfortunately, I've never been able to get a good set of filters together for logwatch. The results are always way too verbose to be useful. Bowie _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
