Clamd error in -Lint run out of ideas .... Please help

[Scott Silva]

on 3-21-2009 1:01 PM Gregory Machin spake the following:
> ________________________________________
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian Field [MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 5:04 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Clamd error in -Lint  run out of ideas .... Please help
> 
> On 21/3/09 14:16, Gregory Machin wrote:
>> Hi
>> I'm getting the following error when I run MailScanner -Lint
>>
>>
>> Found these virus scanners installed: clamavmodule, clamd
>> ===========================================================================
>> Filename Checks: Windows/DOS Executable (1 eicar.com)
>> Other Checks: Found 1 problems
>> Virus and Content Scanning: Starting
>> Clamd::ERROR:: UNKNOWN CLAMD RETURN ./lstat() failed. ERROR :: /mnt/ramdisk/MailScanner/incoming/7041
>>
> For starters why are you using /mnt/ramdisk? You can just leave it at
> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming and mount that directory with tmpfs, not
> a fixed ramdisk or anything nasty like that.
> I suspect that's at least part of the source of your trouble.
> 
> 
> It's my predecessor's design. Ad it was due to disk IO issues. The machines are just desktop pc's. Not my choice . I have no say in the hardware we use. So I'm sticking with the design for now.
> 
> I dont see why the location should be the issue. It is configurable in the MailScanner.conf file.
> 
> I have checked the permission etc and can't see any reason for the error.
> 
> 
>> Virus Scanning: Clamd found 1 infections
>> Virus Scanning: Found 1 viruses
>> ===========================================================================
>>
>>
>> Google has not turned up anything that work . please could someone advise me as how to resolve.
>>
>>

The creator of the software gave you something to look at, and you basically
told him he was wrong. Are you sure you really want help?



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