[clamav-users] freshclam vs sudo freshclam

[Michael Newman]

Al Varnell wrote:
> It appears to me from your other thread that you are using a Homebrew compiled installation. If that is the case, then you need to contact the package distributor (Homebrew) about any issues with their compilation.
Actually, it’s MacPorts, but, point taken. I’ve posted this inquiry on their mailing list.
> But I really don't understand why you want to use sudo if everything is working for you. I personally never use sudo and never have seen a need to.
I "want" to use sudo because everything I’ve read says that’s what to do. For example, this in the GitHub FAQ:
> After ClamAV is installed, then what? How do I update / refresh the virus database?
> You will need to edit the freshclam.conf.example file located in /usr/local/etc. Once that is done, you will need to run a 'sudo freshclam' to download the signatures. You will need to run the command to update signatures often so that ClamAV has the most up to date signatures. 

But, since you say that sudo is not necessary and because it doesn’t work, I won’t use it anymore.

Thanks for your advice.

Mike


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