From clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Wed Jul 16 11:16:24 2008 Return-Path: X-Original-To: list@tad.clamav.net Delivered-To: list@tad.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tad.clamav.net Received: from tad.clamav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tad.clamav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9BglUQVMx7qc; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tad.clamav.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tad.clamav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F3516C098; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-To: clamav-users@tad.clamav.net Delivered-To: clamav-users@tad.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tad.clamav.net Received: from tad.clamav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tad.clamav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0cbi96xzx48P for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from uk-chillies.internext.co.za (uk-chillies.internext.co.za [80.68.94.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tad.clamav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45D216C034 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.32] (dsl-243-79-56.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.79.56]) (authenticated bits=0) by uk-chillies.internext.co.za (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6G9G6xp026633 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:11 +0200 Message-ID: <487DBC55.1040901@internext.co.za> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:05 +0200 From: Stefan Schoeman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ClamAV users ML References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Starting clamd [FAILED] X-BeenThere: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: ClamAV users ML List-Id: ClamAV users ML List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Errors-To: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Of course you can. At very worst what happens is that it cannot notify clamd if your have the option Notify in freshclam.conf set. Sometime, when one upgrades, say from 0.92 to 0.93, then the database formats are not compatible and clamd won't start anyway. So then all you CAN do is run freshclam first. Gavin Bartle wrote: > Hi, Thanks for the pointers, however i don't think i can run freshclam > without the clamd service running > > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml