[clamav-users] Cannot skip OLE2 checking

[Kees Theunissen]

On Wed, 21 Dec 2016, Mark Foley wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:34:05 Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>> Am 21.12.2016 um 17:25 schrieb Mark Foley:
>> > I'm running clamdscan on Maildir folders as:
>> >
>> > clamdscan --config-file=/usr/local/etc/clamdscan.conf --multiscan \
>> >   --fdpass --allmatch --stdout /home/HPRS/user/Maildir/
>> >
>> > I want to skip checking for OLE2 macros. The /usr/local/etc/clamdscan.conf has:
>> >
>> > ScanOLE2 no
>> > OLE2BlockMacros no

Also specify different values for "LocalSocket", "PidFile" and "LogFile"
and start a second instance of the clamd daemon using this config file.

< ... >

>Thinking about what the "d" means doesn't help me solve my problem. clamdscan
>has an option --config-file. I would assume clamdscan would spawn another clamd
>with the new option file. Is this not the case? Will the currently running clamd
>be used regardless of the --config-file parameter?

Clamdscan will connect to the socket specified in the config file and
hence to the right deamon process. The socket specification is probably the
only parameter from the config that is used by clamdscan.



Regards,

Kees Theunissen.

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