[plug] Linux virus scanner

[Bernard Blackham]

On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 09:51:49AM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Mark Saxon wrote:
> > Has  any one used or know of an alternative? It would need to be able
> > write to NTFS.
> 
> That rules out using Linux, then.

Well, somewhat. Depends what you want to do with NTFS :) From 2.6.6:

config NTFS_RW
    bool "NTFS write support"
      This enables the partial, but safe, write support in the NTFS driver.

      The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without
      changing the file length.  No file or directory creation, deletion or
      renaming is possible.  Note only non-resident files can be written to
      so you may find that some very small files (<500 bytes or so) cannot
      be written to.

      While we cannot guarantee that it will not damage any data, we have
      so far not received a single report where the driver would have
      damaged someones data so we assume it is perfectly safe to use.

      Note:  While write support is safe in this version (a rewrite from
      scratch of the NTFS support), it should be noted that the old NTFS
      write support, included in Linux 2.5.10 and before (since 1997),
      is not safe.


Bernard.