[clamav-users] Netapp hidden files

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021, Hoevenaar, Jeffrey (GE Aviation, US) via clamav-users wrote:

> When running a "clamscan /"

Don't do that unless you really know what you're doing.

> the hidden NFS mounts from the Netapp are mounted and scanned.  The
> NFS mounts are hidden snapshot file systems.

Apparently not terribly well hidden...

> Has anyone experienced this happening?

It's very rare that I scan a filesystem, and I never would have a
hidden snapshot of anything anywhere that it could possibly get
mounted by accident, so - no.

> If we make the hidden file systems inaccessible then they do not get
> mounted.  Is there a way to tell clamscan not to mount hidden files?

You will probably find that it isn't clamscan that's mounting them.

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73,
Ged.