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ClamTK setup and use
rockinaway
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Hi,
NOTE: I am new to server management and am learning so I'm sorry if anything below sounds stupid.
So I have setup a Linux server through Vultr and managing through Runcloud. I am going through and implementing some server-side protection in terms of Malware scanning and AV. I have installed Maldet and run the initial scan and so now hopefully that will work of it's cron and daily scan.
I have also installed ClamAV through terminal on my Mac. I wanted to install ClamTK (which I have done) so that I have a GUI to make it a bit easier to manage. The problem I am finding is that when I try to run Clamtk I get this error:
(clamtk:3106): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:35:21.044: cannot open display:
I've been through various tutorials of installing a desktop and trying to run it that way but nothing seems to be working. I'm wanting to use ClamTK so I can rely a little less on the command line as I'm learning and also set up a schedule for scanning. It's essentially the last bit of 'security' that I feel I need to implement at this stage but it's bugging me I can't set it up!
I'm also finding that it is using a huge number of resources when it runs (I have removed the daemon) - so any tips on this would be helpful 
Thanks!
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Imunify 360 check it
clamtk is desktop app, so it needs x-server to render its output. So if you really need this GUI and are connecting to your server remotely, you have to run X-server locally (i.e. cygwin if you are on win-platform) and properly set $DISPLAY variable on your server (i.e. parsing "who am i" through awk in your .profile file).
Honestly, I do not recommend this at all. Get used to command-line, or search for some web-interface (i.e. ClamAV WebUI). There should be no gui-enabled apps on server, as the whole X-concept is not exactly secure...
If the purpose is learning, I agree 100 %, but I’d also skip the Web UI.
Having a UI means that you’re not forcing yourself to commands, and when you know how to navigate the command line, most things (although not all) is so much more efficient.