possible error with config due to clam upgrade

[Anthony Giggins]

> 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.

I had this same issue, I had to set the following options in MailScanner.conf

Incoming Work User = clamav
Incoming Work Group = clamav

Cheers

Anthony