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This is what is happening with me on my Slackware64 14.2 system.

So, why do you think what we do to get it to work in Puppy, is going to work in Slackware?

Got working Internet connection?
Comodo web site not blocked?

Maybe a Comodo preferences setting not correct

Check Comodo preferences and see if it shows this:

Comodo_AV-MenuEntry.pet works for me too!!

Will try and upload a screenshot to show I have the same thing in preferences.
Bigpup - I am a member of this forum and saw a thread about COMODO and made a comment and that is why I am here discussing this with you. Because of the problems I have getting it to update I assumed it is that way for all. I was wrong. Anyway, there is scant little help for COMODO on linux anywhere unless you run Debian or RedHat and I thought perhaps, if there is hope for Puppy then I might be able to use what I learn here to get it to work on Slackware,
So far, so good. I am almost there. It just sits at 0% when trying to download the database.
My allowed attachments are 0 bytes. Oh well

EDIT - Use a browser to go to http://download.comodo.com and get 404 not found

Morning, Gordie.

As far as posting screenshots'n'stuff goes, I find that rather than try to work with the Forum's 256k attachment limit, it works much better if you open an account with Imgur. There are plenty of file-hosting/sharing sites out there, but I've always found Imgur to be the most consistently easy to work with.

http://imgur.com/

Use the 'New Post' button at the top to upload your pictures. Click on your a/c name, top right corner. You'll get a display of your pictures come up. Click on the picture you want to use. In the panel on the right-hand side, click on 'Copy' for the 'Direct Link' entry.

Then, to put it into your post, simply paste the entry in, highlight it, and click on the 'Img' button above the post edit window, top right. This will wrap it with the 'img' BBCode tags, and it will be directly displayed, from your Imgur a/c.

Like this:-



I've always believed in using screenshots, wherever possible, to illustrate a point. 'A picture is worth a thousand words...'

Any queries, just ask.


Mike.

bigpup wrote:Comodo_AV-MenuEntry.pet works for me too!!

^^^ +1. Nice one!


Mike.

Thank you Mike Walsh. I signed up

Mike Walsh wrote:Morning, Gordie.

Gordie wrote:I am able to use my browser to get new sigs and then update my database by hand and can use COMODO to scan so all is not lost but this is disappointing to me.

Now, then; if you can do that, it might be possible to write a script to automate that process instead.....if the built-in one is refusing to behave itself.

Can you expand on how you do that, please?

Cheers.

Mike.

https://www.comodo.com/home/internet-se ... tabase.php
Of the two choices, pick the older database

Hi, Gordie.

Thanks for that. All useful info to have.

Cheers.


Mike.

Well, I can't quite figure this out yet.

Although the MenuEntry .pet I made up does work, it doesn't work in every Pup, for some strange reason.

So, I've come up with a slightly 'odd' workaround. (I used to do stuff like this in XP, all the time.)

I've created a directory in my 'Puppy-Stuff' partition, which contains two things. A sym-link to the Comodo AV for Linux .desktop file (to start the GUI).....and a sym-link to/opt/COMODO/cmdagent. I've then dragged this to the desktop, and tarted it up with a suitable icon.

To start, I click the icon, and move the ROX window to the bottom of the screen. I start CAV, and set it ready to scan (usually 'Critical Areas'); just before hitting 'Scan', I click on cmdagent.....since this seems to be the 'culprit' that prevents the scans and updates from functioning correctly. Hey Presto...

...it works as it should.

I've made a little video to demonstrate the process. It's a wee bit 'messy', but it does the job.

https://youtu.be/iLWPdB2jAwg

As regards the updating of the databases, it all seems to work fine in the 32-bit Pups. It's the 64-bit Pups where it refuses to function.....as Gordie's found out.

Odd.


Mike.

Don't know what to make of this but now, today COMODO is downloading updates to the signature database like it is supposed to and I have no idea why or what I did to fix things

Thanks for all your help Mike Walsh. Now to try it on Puppy

Interestingly, I've noticed that it's the Slackware-based Pups that are giving problems with the database update. The MenuEntry .pet, with the 'workaround', seems to work correctly a couple of times.....then after that, it misbehaves.

In the 'buntu-based Pups, it's all 'plain sailing'.....even old 'uns, like Precise 571.


Mike.

As regards the updating of the databases, it all seems to work fine in the 32-bit Pups. It's the 64-bit Pups where it refuses to function.....as Gordie's found out.

It is working for me in 64bit Xenialpup 7.0.8.5.

I am not using the SFS package.
I installed a 64bit .deb of Comodo. (cav-linux_X64.deb)
I am using the menu.pet to start Comodo.

Use a browser to go to http://download.comodo.com and get 404 not found

The same for me.
That seems strange.
Put a web site address in the preferences, as default, and it gives this result.

Maybe Comodo has something blocking access to it, from something other than a comodo program


About Slackware issues.

Comodo seems to be setup to expect to be running under a user status, not as root or administrator.

How are you running Slackware?

Maybe something to look at

In Comodo->More tab->Check for Updates
It pops up a message run opt/COMODO/cavupdater using root commands sudo or su.
So, it thinks it is not running under root already.
In Puppy, just click on cavupdater.
Puppy is already running as root.

Bigpup - My Slackware is set up as root and users. If I need administrator access it tells me and provides a form for me to enter the password.

There are downloads on the COMODO site for Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and OpenSUSE. None of these are used as root like Puppy is. That is one thing I like about Puppy.

It is not surprising to me that Debian and its spawn run COMODO well since it was compiled by them to do so. Should be nice to have the source code so I could compile it myself

Almost there. Just now have this msg at the left above the "Run Diagnostics" button.



EDIT - HA! That didn't go off well did it?

Hi, Gordie.

No worries, mate. We're all used to copy/pasting stuff!

Yes, that's the bit I was referring to; about the way that the file manager in Debian/Ubuntu is integrated into the file system. Since ROX is so different, I find it doesn't make a scrap of difference to the way Comodo runs.

That's where you're supposed to run the 'post_setup.sh' script, and (supposedly) build the 'redirfs.ko' kernel module. Only it doesn't work in Puppy; I already tried it, with the dev_x and kernel_sources packages loaded. It didn't do what it was supposed to do.

Comodo opens, d/loads the database, and runs the scans. For me, that's all I need.


Mike.

building the 'redirfs.ko' kernel module seems to be a problem for everyone.

I looked in the official Comodo forum and there is a large number of topics on this same issue.

No one seems to know how to fix it.
A lot of ideas, but they do not work for everyone.
It has to be specific, for the specific kernel you have.

If you are very lucky, it will get made, but it seems few people are that lucky!

Still looking for an answer that will work.

However, I do not see the big need for this thing.
I think all it is going to do is let Comodo real time scan as you run the computer.

THE SCRIPT FILES IN COMODO, DO NOT WANT TO WOK CORRECTLY IN PUPPY!!!!
SO DO NOT USE THEM!!!

They need /etc/init.d/functions.

Puppy does not have the functions file.

This is what functions is:
https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide//etc/init.d/functions

Let us see what happens

Well, I tried making a functions script file, using what is stated on this web site, should be in it.
Now have /etc/init.d/functions

The Comodo script files now work with no complaining when run in a terminal.
However, they still seem to not do what they are suppose to do.

We are Puppy.
We do not need these stinking Comodo script files!!

I did a Comodo virus scan of my computer.

It found one item on the scan.

Warning:
Comodo virus scan found Windows on this computer.
This is very dangerous and it should be quarantined or removed from computer!

So, I quarantined it

This topic in the Comodo forum seems to offer the best answer to the 'redirfs.ko' kernel module issue.
https://forums.comodo.com/comodo-antivi ... 441.0.html

I tried a fix posted in this topic and it worked.

However, after a reboot and starting Comodo.
Puppy was unstable, very unstable.!!!