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 HowTo use clamd scanner on RH / CentOS / Fedora Linux
Solution
ClamAV is not availabe through RedHat Network Update (up2date or yum) and we'll use DAG repository 
(http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B)to install:

Example for RH 5 / CentOS 5

rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
yum update
or
up2date -u

yum install clamav-db clamav clamd
or
up2date -i clamav-db clamav clamd

Edit /etc/clamd.conf and make sure the following options are enabled:
TCPAddr 127.0.0.1
TCPSocket 3310
User root
MaxThreads 30

 

Now, we can (re)start clamd: /etc/init.d/clamd restart.

In mppd.conf.xml, change "clamav" to "clamd" or add "clamd" in "scan_engines" line and restart mppd: /etc/init.d/mppd restart




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Article ID: 23
Created On: 19 Feb 2008 12:54 AM

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