can't quite get clamd working properly

[Kate Kleinschafer]

Scott Silva wrote:
> on 11-5-2008 1:40 PM Kate Kleinschafer spake the following:
>   
>> René Berber wrote:
>>     
>>> Kate Kleinschafer wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> René Berber wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> Kate Kleinschafer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I am getting the error Cannot find Socket (/tmp/clamd) Exiting!
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>             
>>>>> That means you have more then one installation (of whatever is
>>>>> "Exiting!") and the old version is the one writing that complaint
>>>>> (long,
>>>>> long ago, clamd used /tmp/clamd as default name for the socket, of
>>>>> course you could still use it with newer versions but since you showed
>>>>> your configuration is different...)
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> hmmm I think I have only installed clamav once. This is a new server
>>>> that I have built and I don't think I have it installed twice.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Sorry for the double answer, but I don't think clamav is the one doing
>>> the complaining, it is something else (that's why I said *whatever* is
>>> "Exiting!") which should be clear with the complete log line.
>>>
>>> Whatever is complaining is the one that expects /tmp/clamd as a socket
>>> name.  Do you have clamdwatch or similar?
>>>   
>>>       
>> I don't think I have clamdwatch - I checked the logs and the full lines
>> were
>> LOCAL: Removing stale socket file /tmp/clamd.socket
>> LOCAL: Unix socket file /tmp/clamd.socket
>>
>> I'm wondering if it was becuase in the virus.scanners.conf i had the lines
>> clamav        /usr/lib/MailScanner/clamav-wrapper    /usr/local
>> clamd        /bin/false                /usr/local
>> clamavmodule    /bin/false                /tmp
>>
>> I have now changed them to
>> clamav        /usr/lib/MailScanner/clamav-wrapper    /usr
>> clamd        /bin/false                /usr
>> clamavmodule    /bin/false                /usr
>>
>> so hopefully this will fix the problem.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your help with this.
>> Kate
>>
>>     
> Editing that was also in the document on the wiki that was posted earlier in
> the thread.
>
>   
Yeah that was were I found it. The original document I followed wasn't 
as clear as this one on what to do.
Thanks again
Kate

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