Clamd problem

Tue Nov 24 18:42:20 GMT 2009

Please paste the error log and which folder permission clamd giving error

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Alex Broens <ms-list at alexb.ch> wrote:

> On 11/24/2009 6:15 PM, Garrod M. Alwood wrote:
>
>> does it use less resources that way?
>>
>
> using TCP instead of sockets? dunno.. but never liked sockets.
> guess some socket user can say more...
>
> ClamD/TCP have been very nice to me for a long time :-)
>
>
>
>> Garrod M. Alwood
>> Consultant
>> garrod.alwood at lorodoes.com
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>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:10 PM
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: Clamd problem
>>
>> my setup with Pfix (not using socket!)
>>
>> clamd.conf
>> # Path to a local socket file the daemon will listen on.
>> # Default: disabled (must be specified by a user)
>> # LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket
>>
>> # Remove stale socket after unclean shutdown.
>> # Default: yes
>> #FixStaleSocket yes
>>
>> # TCP port address.
>> # Default: no
>> TCPSocket 3310
>>
>> # TCP address.
>> # By default we bind to INADDR_ANY, probably not wise.
>> # Enable the following to provide some degree of protection
>> # from the outside world.
>> # Default: no
>> TCPAddr 127.0.0.1
>>
>> relevant part in MailScanner.conf
>>
>> Clamd Port = 3310
>> Clamd Socket = /tmp/clamd
>> Clamd Lock File = # /var/lock/subsys/clamd
>> Clamd Use Threads = yes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/2009 5:52 PM, Garrod M. Alwood wrote:
>>
>>> nope, didn't work.This is really wierd. All of my training says that if I
>>> put postfix (which is the chown user) and www-data (which is the chown
>>> group) in to clamav then it should be able to access everything that those
>>> two can access or am I missing something here? I am including my clamd.conf
>>> file below. I really don't want to use 0755 for my permissions as when I
>>> googled I saw in one post, unless I really have to.
>>>
>>> #Automatically Generated by clamav-base postinst
>>> #To reconfigure clamd run #dpkg-reconfigure clamav-base
>>> #Please read /usr/share/doc/clamav-base/README.Debian.gz for details
>>> LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket
>>> FixStaleSocket true
>>> # TemporaryDirectory is not set to its default /tmp here to make
>>> overriding
>>> # the default with environment variables TMPDIR/TMP/TEMP possible
>>> User clamav
>>> AllowSupplementaryGroups yes
>>> ScanMail true
>>> ScanArchive true
>>> ArchiveBlockEncrypted false
>>> MaxDirectoryRecursion 15
>>> FollowDirectorySymlinks false
>>> FollowFileSymlinks false
>>> ReadTimeout 180
>>> MaxThreads 12
>>> MaxConnectionQueueLength 15
>>> StreamMaxLength 50M
>>> LogSyslog true
>>> LogFacility LOG_LOCAL6
>>> LogClean false
>>> LogVerbose false
>>> PidFile /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid
>>> DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav
>>> SelfCheck 3600
>>> Foreground false
>>> Debug false
>>> ScanPE true
>>> ScanOLE2 true
>>> ScanHTML true
>>> DetectBrokenExecutables false
>>> MailFollowURLs false
>>> ExitOnOOM false
>>> LeaveTemporaryFiles false
>>> AlgorithmicDetection true
>>> ScanELF true
>>> IdleTimeout 30
>>> PhishingSignatures true
>>> PhishingScanURLs true
>>> PhishingAlwaysBlockSSLMismatch false
>>> DetectPUA false
>>> ScanPartialMessages false
>>> HeuristicScanPrecedence false
>>> StructuredDataDetection false
>>> CommandReadTimeout 5
>>> SendBufTimeout 200
>>> MaxQueue 100
>>> LogFile /var/log/clamav/clamav.log
>>> LogTime true
>>> LogFileUnlock false
>>> LogFileMaxSize 0
>>>
>>>
>>> Garrod M. Alwood
>>> Consultant
>>> garrod.alwood at lorodoes.com
>>> 904.738.4988
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info[mailscanner-bounces at lists.
>>> .mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Alex Broens [ms-list at alexb.ch]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:49 AM
>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>> Subject: Re: Clamd problem
>>>
>>> On 11/24/2009 5:37 PM, Garrod M. Alwood wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am having trouble with the permissions of the clamd. I have put the
>>>> postfix and www-data users in to the clamav group (both of which have owner
>>>> permissions) and still clamd gets an permissions error everytime I run it. I
>>>> have the permissions set to 0640. I am in need of help. oops put the other
>>>> one with the wrong subject My bad.
>>>>
>>> clamd.conf
>>>
>>> AllowSupplementaryGroups yes
>>>
>>> does that help ?
>>>
>>>  Garrod M. Alwood
>>>> Consultant
>>>> garrod.alwood at lorodoes.com
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