Re: libclamav versus clamd

Andreas <andreas-KCZ47A4bww4P48s/[email protected]> Mon, 31 May 2004 13:58:35 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.virus.openantivirus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 04:05:35AM +1200, Jason Haar wrote:
> What's wrong with running clamd as root? I mean, assuming there are no
> exploitable holes in clamd, then what other problems are there?

Does it need to run as root?
If there is a security problem, then why make it a remote-root vulnerability?



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