At 03:18 PM 6/7/2005, Robert Hogan wrote:
by default clamd uses a unix socket, if you edit clamd.conf (man clamd.conf)
you can get it to listen on a tcp port.
you can then telnet to this port:
telnet localhost 1234
and issue your commands...
I don't think it's possible to telnet to a unix socket from the command
line...
If you are using FreeBSD (or any *BSD, I think), you actually can telnet to
a socket.
% telnet /var/run/clamav/clamd
Trying /var/run/clamav/clamd...
No connection.
Escape character is '^]'.
PING
PONG
Connection closed by foreign host.
--
Noel Jones
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