On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. <eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/08/2012 10:07 PM, Doug wrote: >> >> On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>> >>> So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but >>> here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files... >>> >>> >>> ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/freshclam.conf >>> ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /etc/freshclam.conf >>> >>> Is there something I'm missing here?.....shouldn't the application / >>> program I just downloaded be the latest version? The GUI displays that the >>> definitions are "Out Of Date" but when I click on the "Check For Updates" >>> option it goes through the motions and tells me they're still outdated. Is >>> there some kind of fix for this?... >>> >>> Fedora 17 >>> Gateway T6321 Laptop >>> 3GB Memory >>> 160 GB HDD >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> EGO II >> >> Sorry about that! Just one time, you have to edit freshclam.conf. And >> it's a snap. Open a terminal, become root. (Not sure if that's necessary, >> but if it is, you've done that.) Type cd /etc (return) * >> Type nano freshclam.conf (return). Right at the top, it tells you to >> comment out the line below. Insert a # sign in front of the word Example. >> Type Control-X, then Y. >> (If you don't have nano, you probably have pico, which works about the >> same.) >> * If your distro allows you to use sudo, then you can do cd /etc sudo nano >> freshclam.conf and go on from there. >> Still pretty simple. >> >> --doug >> > 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 > > -- HI I think you could actually use gedit! Do you have that? Should be in menu list.. YMMV Marvin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
