[clamav-users] what initiates freshclam?

[novpenguincne]

OEL = Oracle Enterprise Linux

Under /usr/lib/systemd/system, there are the four clam*.service files.  But since none of them are active or enabled, I don't think can be the source.  I scanned the entire file system for cl*.service and they are the only ones I can find.

It's not a big issue.  It's working.  I was just curious for my own knowledge.

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On Thursday, January 6th, 2022 at 9:59 AM, Kris Deugau <kdeugau at vianet.ca> wrote:


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> What is "OEL"? I'm guessing it's some Red Hat derivative.
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> "grep -r freshclam /usr/lib/systemd/ /etc/systemd/" might turn up a
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> pointer to the systemd unit that manages this. "rpm -qf
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> /usr/share/clamav/freshclam-sleep" will probably tell you what package
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> this file belongs to.
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> TBH this seems like a very odd way to manage freshclam, as systemd
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> includes methods to call something like freshclam on a schedule, or
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> manage it directly either in the foreground or as a traditional
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> background daemon.
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> -kgd
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