Clams.....

[Doug]

On 09/08/2012 10:45 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> On 09/08/2012 10:14 PM, jdow wrote:
>> Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the 
>> default
>> example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine 
>> which
>> is running Scientific Linux 6.3 which is a rebuild of redHat RHEL 6.3.
>>
>> ===8<---
>> ##
>> ## Example config file for freshclam
>> ## Please read the freshclam.conf(5) manual before editing this file.
>> ##
>>
>>
>> # Comment or remove the line below.
>> #Example
>>
>> # Path to the database directory.
>> # WARNING: It must match clamd.conf's directive!
>> # Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options)
>> DatabaseDirectory /var/clamav
>> ===8<---
>>
>> This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in the
>> Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal parts
>> of the operating system.
>>
>> {^_^}
>>
>> On 2012/09/08 18:49, 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 "Out Of Date" but when I click on the "Check For Updates" option it 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 the motions and tells me they're still outdated.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
> I finally installed nano....but it's still a no-go. Even after typing 
> the command lines you've given, after I reach the "/etc" directory 
> nothing happens....there's nothing to edit....nothing opens up. it's 
> just the prompt again with the flashing cursor.....I guess I'll just 
> have to wait until Clam "grows up" a little more and learns how to 
> install itself with a little more ease-of-use.....for the 
> "non-technical" users out there.....(sigh!) Oh well thanks for all the 
> tips and tricks y'all!!
>
>
> EGO II
This doesn't make sense.  If you do a directory listing in /etc do you 
see freshclam.conf?  (To do a listing, type ls -la  make sure you have 
the space before the dash.)  Copy the entire line
that freshclam.conf appears on (highlght the line and press 
ctrl-shift-c) and paste it in here.

--doug

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