Clams.....

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 09/09/2012 04:31 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 12:19 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>> On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
>>>>> Try gedit.
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
>>>>> put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
>>>>> file, then <crtl s> to save the file
>>>>> Exit gedit and in the terminal type sudo freshclam and it will go and
>>>>> get the virus files.
>>>>> Roger
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> OK, you should be able to do this from a GUI editor.  I opened KWrite
>>>>>> and made my way to freshclam.conf.  I'm not sure how you would
>>>>>> proceed if you need to be root to edit the file.
>>>>>> It just never occurred to me that you could edit a bash file using a
>>>>>> GUI editor.  Someone will surely step in and tell me how to do it if
>>>>>> you need to have root permission to edit the file.
>>>>>> In the meantime, try it without root, and see if it works.  Just put
>>>>>> that # in front of Example on the eighth (?) line and save the file.
>>>>>> (You may not have KWrite--it's a KDE file--but there
>>>>>> is certainly some simple editor available on your distro.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --doug
>>>>>>
>>>> Even using GEdit....when I go to "Save" the changes I make to the text
>>>> document it's telling me I don't have permission to do it. How do you
>>>> access a text file in graphical mode with the "root" credentials?
>>>>
>>> Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
>>>
>>>
>> There's no place for me to do that.....(is there?) I mean it's not like
>> I am logging out and logging back in as root...(AM I?) sometimes I feel
>> SO stupid!...LoL!
>>
>>
>> EGO II
> Sure yoou can login as root by typing su or su -.
> May I humbly suggest you get a basic book on Unix. Your posts make it
> clear you really don't know how to work in Unix.
NO that won't be necessary...I finally figured out  your meaning....and 
I've since not only altered the file I needed to....but I've installed 
and run ClamAV with no problems whatsoever.....sorry for the misleading 
e-mails.....sometimes my brain thinks faster than I can type!...

Cheers!


EGO II