do you have any documentation about the service, i know that the service is installed within the package but wondering what extra config i need to add 

[20:36:39][root@nirvana1 ~]$ systemctl status clamav-freshclam.service
● clamav-freshclam.service - ClamAV virus database updater
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/clamav-freshclam.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:freshclam(1)
           man:freshclam.conf(5)
           https://docs.clamav.net/
[20:36:50][root@nirvana1 ~]$
[20:36:50][root@nirvana1 ~]$
[20:36:50][root@nirvana1 ~]$ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/clamav-freshclam.service
[Unit]
Description=ClamAV virus database updater
Documentation=man:freshclam(1) man:freshclam.conf(5) https://docs.clamav.net/
# If user wants it run from cron, don't start the daemon.
# ConditionPathExists=!/etc/cron.d/clamav-update
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/freshclam -d --foreground=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
[20:36:55][root@nirvana1 ~]$




From: clamav-users <clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net> on behalf of Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 8:33 PM
To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net>
Subject: Re: [clamav-users] freshclam-sleep doesn't exist in epel8 packages
 
Looks like a nudge to switch to the systemd service instead of a cron
listing. Try:

systemctl enable clamav-freshclam

I'm a little surprised that they didn't use a systemd timer.


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