Clams.....

[Marvin Kosmal]

On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
<eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/08/2012 10:07 PM, Doug wrote:
>>
>> On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>> So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
>>> here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files...
>>>
>>>
>>> ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/freshclam.conf
>>> ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /etc/freshclam.conf
>>>
>>> Is there something I'm missing here?.....shouldn't the application /
>>> program I just downloaded be the latest version? The GUI displays that the
>>> definitions are "Out Of Date" but when I click on the "Check For Updates"
>>> option it goes through the motions and tells me they're still outdated. Is
>>> there some kind of fix for this?...
>>>
>>> Fedora 17
>>> Gateway T6321 Laptop
>>> 3GB Memory
>>> 160 GB HDD
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> EGO II
>>
>> Sorry about that!  Just one time, you have to edit freshclam.conf. And
>> it's a snap. Open a terminal, become root. (Not sure if that's necessary,
>> but if it is, you've done that.)  Type cd /etc (return) *
>> Type nano freshclam.conf  (return). Right at the top, it tells you to
>> comment out the line below.  Insert a # sign in front of the word Example.
>> Type Control-X, then Y.
>> (If you don't have nano, you probably have pico, which works about the
>> same.)
>> * If your distro allows you to use sudo, then you can do cd /etc sudo nano
>> freshclam.conf    and go on from there.
>> Still pretty simple.
>>
>> --doug
>>
> Interestingly enough, I don't have "nano" OR "pico"....when I try either of
> those I get a "Command not found" message.....hmmm.....
>
>
> EGO II
>
> --


HI

I think you could actually use gedit!


Do you have that?

Should be in menu list..

YMMV

Marvin