linux Archives - WardNet https://www.wardnet.co.uk/tag/linux/ Infrastructure, ERP and General Technology Blog Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:16:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/www.wardnet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/wp-1767387074640.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 linux Archives - WardNet https://www.wardnet.co.uk/tag/linux/ 32 32 63479081 Linux Virus Scan – Daily Email Script https://www.wardnet.co.uk/linux-virus-scan-daily-email-script/ Fri, 24 May 2013 08:06:31 +0000 http://wardnet.co.uk/?p=204 Yes, that’s right, Linux can get viruses too, in fact they can harbour windows based viruses if the system is

Linux Virus Scan – Daily Email Script

]]> Yes, that’s right, Linux can get viruses too, in fact they can harbour windows based viruses if the system is used as a web and email server! Something I’ve been becoming more and more familiar with. So, our systems already used ClamAV one of the more popular Linux based virus scanners. But whilst it runs a scan on incoming emails etc. It doesn’t really give me a nice visual output (no GUI). My solution? Automated daily scan with emailed results…

clamscan -r /var/www > /root/scanresults.txt

cat /root/scanresults.txt | mail -s ” Scan Results” hello@example.com

cat /root/scanresults.txt | grep FOUND | mail -s “Viruses Found” hello@example.com

So what does this do?

well, it scans the web directories (recursively) for any viruses that are listed in the virus DB (updated twice daily) – it then puts all the results into a text file. this text file is then read into an email command which is sent to the hello@example.com email address.

However, this isn’t much use as there are thousands of files and directories, what I really want to know is whether viruses were found… the solution to this is GREP out the value “FOUND” which is appended to the file name if a virus is found to be in it – this is then read into the same email command as before leaving me a nice list of only the files found with viruses!

I love a nice quick and easy script – I used cron tab to run this at 00:05 and 12:05 every day!

Linux Virus Scan – Daily Email Script

]]> 204 Skills Development https://www.wardnet.co.uk/skills-development/ Tue, 07 May 2013 13:00:47 +0000 http://wardnet.co.uk/?p=177 Here’s an update of the skills I’ve been developing lately: WordPress Development PHP Development Exchange 2010 Anti-Spam and Transport Servers

Skills Development

]]> Here’s an update of the skills I’ve been developing lately:

  • WordPress Development
  • PHP Development
  • Exchange 2010 Anti-Spam and Transport Servers
  • MySQL DB Management
  • Linux Anti-Virus
  • Linux Shell Scripting
  • Linux Anti-Spam
  • ISPConfig web hosting environments
  • Oracle VirtualBox hosting environments
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 administration
  • Site-Site VPNs

For more of my skills and abilities, check out my LinkedIn profile here

Skills Development

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