Automatic virus definitions for sav-linux-free version

Hello sophos user2,

--update-source-username
you got these from a thread here, didn't you? By default updating is turned on with an interval of 60 minutes which is also the shortest possible when updating from Sophos. AFAIK you better use the --update-source-type=f parameter that causes the automatic fetch of credentials.
May I also suggest these threads if you haven't already seen them: ... command line option to use free version and "--Automatic" install switch.

Christian

Thanks for the pointers Christian,

I am able to get the updates working with the free version using the following parameters.

However, I do not want to run the 'savd' daemon running (either at boot or as autostart), as I only need to run on-demand scans using 'savscan'

Could you please suggest,

• Is it required to run sophos daemon (with install options --autostart=True --enableOnBoot=True) in the background in order to get automatic periodic updates? Thanks.
• Can I avoid running the savd daemon but still get automatic periodic updates?

Thanks.

./sophos-av/install.sh --acceptlicence --autostart=True --enableOnBoot=True --automatic --update-type=s \

--update-free=True \

--instdir=/opt/sophos \

--update-cache-path=/opt/sophos-av/update/cache/Primary \

--update-source-path=sop’s: \

--enableRMS=false \

--enableOnAccess=false \

--update-period-minutes=5

Thanks for the pointers Christian,

I am able to get the updates working with the free version using the following parameters.

However, I do not want to run the 'savd' daemon running (either at boot or as autostart), as I only need to run on-demand scans using 'savscan'

Could you please suggest,

• Is it required to run sophos daemon (with install options --autostart=True --enableOnBoot=True) in the background in order to get automatic periodic updates? Thanks.
• Can I avoid running the savd daemon but still get automatic periodic updates?

Thanks.

./sophos-av/install.sh --acceptlicence --autostart=True --enableOnBoot=True --automatic --update-type=s \

--update-free=True \

--instdir=/opt/sophos \

--update-cache-path=/opt/sophos-av/update/cache/Primary \

--update-source-path=sop’s: \

--enableRMS=false \

--enableOnAccess=false \

--update-period-minutes=5

Hello sophos user2,

AFAIK automatic updates are controlled by savd. Without savd there's no automatic updating and you'd have to run savupdate to get the latest updates.
Performing just occasional on-demand scans is not the intended and recommended use but, well, it is possible. You want to keep the container lean I assume. Please note that savscan has a considerable start-up time - it has to load and verify all the definitions before it starts scanning and is a quite expensive way to scan single files.

Christian