[clamav-users] Condition: start condition failed at Fri 2017-03-17 14:45:52 IST; 42min ago

[Gian Carlo]

On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 11:37:29AM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 17.03.2017 um 22:11 schrieb Gian Carlo:
> >On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 05:43:21PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
> >>
> >>Am 17.03.2017 um 17:35 schrieb Baskaranand:
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>Ububtu 16.04.2 server edition
> >>>
> >>>ClamAV 0.99.2 installed
> >>>
> >>>postfix 3.1.0-3 installed
> >>>
> >>>I could not reload the  clamav-daemon.service due to the below issue.
> >>>
> >>>How to solve it
> >>
> >>man freshclam
> >Executing a simple "restart" (or "stop/start") doesn't work?
> 
> why don't you just do "man freshclam"
> 
> when the service tells you that you did not have any signatures you
> need download and update the signatures and hance read the manpgae
> of freshclam - how would restart the service magically change that?
You are right, but the message said clamd was inactive (dead) and not
running "42min ago"
In the meanwhile freshclam might have download the signatures (provided it
too were not inactive)