Re: [Devil-linux-develop] clamav

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>where should we place the clamav virus signatures?
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> Where is the default location for them?

/usr/share/clamav
But you can easily set this in the config file.

>>The virus dbs could get to big to fit in /etc (for the floppy save), but 
>>somewhere else it would always be outdated when a system boots.
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> How big are they now?

linux:/lfssystem/data # l virus*
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       140816 Sep  2 19:26 viruses.db
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        32940 Sep  2 19:26 viruses.db2

>>We could add an init script, which fetches the newest files if the user 
>>wants to.
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> That sounds good.
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>>I personally would place the signatures somewhere under /var.
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> Isn't /etc/ & /var/ our only choices for directories not on the CD?

Actually yes.

Heiko