Topic: receive an e-mail as CLAM updates himself

[Jáder]

I´d like to receive an e-mail anytime the clam updates himself... but on another account not in root!

There are some DB VARIABLE to change or should I change some file ?

Thanks

Jáder

EDIT: I just found "/sbin/e-smith/freshclam-update-ok"   should I change it  and cron to each 4/6/8 hours ?

[Stefano]

Just a question: why?

[Jáder]

The client is a financial  institution subject to some compliance rules...one of them is to show updated AV SW on server.
It´s easier to prove showing an e-mail than capture a screen each day.

[Fumetto]

smeserver-mailsorting on admin account can be a good solution.

[Knuddi]

You can also make a simple cronjob that mails you the output of "freshclam -V" - right now "ClamAV 0.99.2/22173/Fri Sep  2 17:27:58 2016" in my setup

basically as bash script
/usr/bin/freshclam -V | mail yourname@domain.com -s "ClamDB status"


Or more "complex" - change the file /sbin/e-smith/freshclam-update-ok to do the same or uncomment the content and change "admin" to the right user.

[Jáder]

Knuddi,

That´s a cleaner solution... It´s easier to final user to read a date only.
I´ve implemented your tip on  /sbin/e-smith/freshclam-update-ok file.