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Re: clamd.ctl permission problem

From: D.J. Fan (mr88talenthotmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 26 2005 - 17:51:51 CDT

>I changed the user for clamd.conf, but it had no effect. As far as I
>can see, the freshclam database gets accessed; viruses are detected
>and labeled properly.
>
>I don't know the significance of the error I get ("Can't open
>/var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode." "Problem with internal
>logger"). Is the problem here only that I'm not writing to the log?
>
>In freshclam.log there is only the initial entries. Here are the first
>two (the second is just repeated a few times, and the log ends).
>
> freshclam daemon 0.86.2 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386, CPU: i386)
> ClamAV update process started at Thu Aug 18 20:39:45 2005
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 33, sigs: 36102, f-level: 5,
> builder: tkojm)
> ERROR: Mirrors are not fully synchronized. Please try again later.
> Trying again in 5 secs...
> ClamAV update process started at Thu Aug 18 20:39:51 2005
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 33, sigs: 36102, f-level: 5,
> builder: tkojm)
> daily.cvd updated (version: 1034, sigs: 3251, f-level: 5, builder:
> diego)
> Database updated (39353 signatures) from db.us.clamav.net (IP:
> 69.57.154.46)
> ERROR: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through
> /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl
> --------------------------------------
> Received signal: wake up
> ClamAV update process started at Thu Aug 18 21:39:53 2005
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 33, sigs: 36102, f-level: 5,
> builder: tkojm)
> daily.cvd is up to date (version: 1034, sigs: 3251, f-level: 5,
> builder: diego)
>
>As I mentioned before, the /var/run/clamav/ directory is empty, which
>may account for the above error.
>--
>
> Haines Brown
> KB1GRM

I would simply start clean and fresh:

apt-get --purge remove clamav clamav-base clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam
libclamav1

apt-get -t sarge install clamav clamav-daemon

gpasswd -a clamav amavis

reboot

enjoy

D.J. Fan

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