FW: Can't connect to clamd through /var/run/clamav/clamd

[René Berber]

Michael S. wrote:

> I’m getting the follow error when Clam is installed on a Freebsd server.
> 
> Oct 22 13:00:02 tx1000 ClamAV-autoupdate[72871]: ClamAV update warning:
> ERROR: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through
> /var/run/clamav/clamd

That means /etc/freshclam.conf has the option to notify clamd set.

> I assume this is because clamav is not running in daemon mode. Does clam
> need to be running in daemon mode on a Freebsd box?

Not for MailScanner.

> On Unix we don’t see
> this error yet clamav is not running in daemon mode either. So why would
> this be occurring on Freebsd?

Different freshclam.conf .

> Mailscanner does not require clamav to be
> running in the background or does it on Freebsd?

No, just edit your freshclam.conf and change the option so you don't get the
above message.
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René Berber