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Old 04-20-2014, 09:56 PM   #1
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Question Clamav teminal commands


Hi:

Hi:
I'm totally newbie to clamav AV and have a few questions:

1. How can I check that the clamav-daemon is working? If not, how do I start it up?
2. How do I check, after boot up that clamav is active?

Thanks
 
Old 04-21-2014, 01:15 AM   #2
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Have you read the manual? You can get it here. https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-f...al/clamdoc.pdf That should answer your questions. If things are still not clear come back with your questions.
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Old 04-22-2014, 02:11 PM   #3
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Have you read the manual? You can get it here. https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-f...al/clamdoc.pdf That should answer your questions. If things are still not clear come back with your questions.
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I couldn't find the manual at the url you gave.I found a manual in another place, but it was technical, about the design and modification of the app. Couldn't find in it the information I was looking for. Thanks
wp
 
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that link is the github location for the program's source

jdkaye did not inform you that "git" is NOT a normal web site

but

a simple Google search for "clamav"
--- the very first hit ---
http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/
-- the FAQ--
http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/faq/

for git the easiest for new users
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-f...al/clamdoc.pdf
see the button in the middle of the page" view raw"
click on it your default pdf reader should auto open it


but for commands
run this
Code:
clamscan --help
------ and this  the above command will ask you to UPDATE first-----
freshclam --help

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Old 04-22-2014, 03:54 PM   #5
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Raw link for the pdf

https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-f...al/clamdoc.pdf
 
Old 04-22-2014, 06:00 PM   #6
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szboardstretcher:

I downloaded the manual, but I still couldn't find how to start/stop the clamav-daemon. Also, I suppose there should be a terminal command to verify that clamav is active, but I couldn't find it in the manual. Thanks for the help.

wp
 
Old 04-22-2014, 06:15 PM   #7
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well how did you install clam ?
and on what OS ?
and did you configure the system to always run it ?
( the Deamon is ONLY needed if this is a mail server serving mail to MS windows computers )
that is " clamav-milter "


there are a lot of guides for each distro , but without knowing that ..........
 
Old 04-23-2014, 11:41 AM   #8
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well how did you install clam ?
and on what OS ?
and did you configure the system to always run it ?
( the Deamon is ONLY needed if this is a mail server serving mail to MS windows computers )
that is " clamav-milter "


there are a lot of guides for each distro , but without knowing that ..........
Thanks for responding. In answering your questions:

1. How did I install clamav? Using Synaptic Package Manager
2. What OS? Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
3. How did you configure the system? I'm a newbie. I want to know how to configure it so that is always running in the background (if that is possible with this AV).

I installed the daemon because I thought I needed it, but you explained it is necessary on a Windows environment. Not my case. My ignorance.

Thanks for your assistance and understanding.
wp
 
  


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