Am 11.04.2018 um 10:24 schrieb paul.gu...@gmail.com: > On my Raspbian system htop reports clamd runs with the -foreground=true > option, although I have commented that out in the configs. > > What does that option mean? Is background better? And if so, how can I get > the clam moving there?
foreground means it don't do forking and that's bad when you have other services like a milter which rely on clamd are fully initalized which can take some time because loading of signatures https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=191669 Historical or not, Type=forking is necessary if you need to be able to order other services on the Type=forking service. Type determines the readiness protocol used by systemd. In the case of Type=simple, there is no protocol. systemd assumes that as soon as the binary is exec'd, the service is available. For Type=forking, services are considered ready after the MainPID exits (after the double fork), allowing for time to setup sockets or other resources needed to handle client requests (e.g. a database server or a web server). If you use the Type, you may find that dependent services fail to startup properly, as their dependencies aren't actually ready when systemd declares them to be. > BTW, I couldn't find that kind of info in the manual or online. Should I > have looked for it elsewhere? yes, in the init-scripts or systemd-units _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
