possible error with config due to clam upgrade

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Thu May 7 00:33:15 IST 2009


on 5-6-2009 4:11 PM Lists spake the following:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am running MailScanner version 4.72.5 on Centos 5.2
> 
> I recently attempted an upgrade to ClamAV 0.95.1
> Now I am getting errors in the clamd.log
> 
> as example:
> Warning: lstat() failed on:
> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/31494/MESSAGEIDISHERE/tnef.31494
> 
> I asked on the clam mail list and got the response
> "The error really just means "file not found", but the problem is related
> to MailScanner and how it is using clamav, you probably have a bad
> MailScanner configuration."
> 
> Post upgrade I had to do the following in order to get it to start up.
> # rename the old binaries
> mv /usr/local/bin/clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan.old
> mv /usr/local/bin/freshclam /usr/local/bin/freshclam.old
> mv /usr/local/bin/clamdscan /usr/local/bin/clamdscan.old
> 
> # Create links to the new ones in /usr/local/bin
> ln -s /usr/bin/clamscan /usr/local/bin/clamscan
> ln -s /usr/bin/freshclam /usr/local/bin/freshclam
> ln -s /usr/bin/clamdscan /usr/local/bin/clamdscan
> 
> # There was a fourth new clam binary - /usr/bin/clamconf
> ln -s /usr/bin/clamconf /usr/local/bin/clamconf
> 
> I was wondering if anyone new of any configuration options that might
> effect / cause these lstat failed warnings.
> Prior to the upgrade clam was running fine without warnings.
> 
Upgrading a source install over an RPM install can do this almost every time.
If you have binaries in /usr/bin AND /usr/local/bin, you need to either stick
with the RPM or the source, but not change back and forth.

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