Task #1494

Clamd signatures DB initialization

Added by Davide Principi almost 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:CLOSEDStart date:11/23/2012
Priority:NormalDue date:11/23/2012
Assignee:-% Done:

100%

Category:nethserver-antivirusEstimated time:4.00 hours
Target version:NSA1

Description

The signatures DB shipped by clamav-db package is corrupted and causes clamd startup error.

freshclam may fail to update the virus signature database. The problem must be reported, continuing the installation process by initializing an "empty" database.

Associated revisions

Revision ca67bb67
Added by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

nethserver-antivirus-init-avdb action: create an empty signature DB if freshclam fails. Closes #1494 -- Clamd signatures DB initialization

History

#1 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

  • Target version changed from DEV133 to NSA1

#2 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

  • Estimated time set to 4.00

#3 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

Initialize the virus signature db


echo "Eicar-Test-Signature:0:0:58354f2150254041505b345c505a58353428505e2937434329377d2445494341522d5354414e444152442d414e544956495255532d544553542d46494c452124482b482a" >/var/clamav/eicar.ndb

#4 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

Davide Principi wrote:

Initialize the virus signature db

This avoids clamd startup error

#5 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

  • Subject changed from Support freshclam network failure scenario to Clamd signatures DB initialization
  • Description updated (diff)
  • Due date set to 11/23/2012
  • Status changed from NEW to ON_DEV
  • Assignee set to Davide Principi
  • Start date set to 11/23/2012
  • % Done changed from 0 to 20

#6 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from ON_DEV to MODIFIED
  • % Done changed from 20 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:ca67bb67173aeca1823f902817b7d34bb4272972.

#8 Updated by Davide Principi over 8 years ago

  • Project changed from 80 to NethServer 6

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