[Mimedefang] MD and ClamAV

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Jon Rowlan wrote:

> What would be the preferred and recommended way to use ClamAV with MD?

None, I guess, because it all depends on your situation.

> They both need to use or have access to a .sock

Not only that, they need to have access to the same files to scan, namely 
the spool directory of Mimedefang, where the Work dirs are located.

> So should I run Clam as defang or change perms so that both Clam and MD

If you use ClamAV for Mimedefang only, I would recommend the "defang" 
method. It also does not hurt to relocate the ClamAV socket into the 
Mimedefang dir.

> I would really like to know others ideas of how to make these two hang
> together.
>
> I guess chmod 777 is not a good idea :-)

It won't help scanning files.

IMHO, you can also think about running ClamAV as root, esp. if it is a 
dedicated server.

Regards,

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Steffen Kaiser
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