Mailscanner with clamd

[Martin Hepworth]

check  that user 'clamav' can indeed write into this space.

Also check that the dir doesn't do down any symbolic links as the warning
message suggests and if so put in the real path to the work dir.


-- 
Martin Hepworth
Oxford, UK


On 15 April 2011 10:15, sachin <sachin.murudkar at netcore.co.in> wrote:

>  Hi Landon
>
> Thanks for the reply ... I did the changes according to you but than I am
> getting the below mentioned error after that can you please let me know why
> is this error coming now ?
>
> MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.70.7 starting...
> Apr 15 14:32:59 clamav MailScanner[17703]: SpamAssassin temporary working
> directory is /tmp
> Apr 15 14:32:59 clamav MailScanner[17703]: Your "Incoming Work Directory"
> should be specified as an absolute path, not including any links. But I will
> work okay anyway.
> Apr 15 14:32:59 clamav MailScanner[17703]: Cannot create temporary Work Dir
> /17703. Are the permissions and ownership of  correct?
>
>
> I have specified path as mentioned below in MailScanner.conf
> Incoming Work Dir = /usr/local/spool/MailScanner/incoming
>
>
> Regards
>
> Sachin
>
> On 04/14/11 22:01, Landon Stewart wrote:
>
> Incoming Work Group = clamav
> Incoming Work Permissions = 0660
>
> Also check the ownership and group ownership on
> /usr/local/spool/MailScanner/incoming and check the permissions it has
> already.  Should be 660 so the clamav group can write to it.
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 9:21 AM, sachin <sachin.murudkar at netcore.co.in>wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am trying to configure Mailscanner with clamd but it is giving me the
>> below mentioned error and delivering the virus mail to users inbox without
>> quarantine infected mails.
>>
>> I have mentioed my details below for your reference ... Please help me to
>> resolve this.
>>
>> clamd version - 0.97
>> MailScanner version - 4.70
>> clamav version - 0.97
>>
>> *Configuration:-*
>> clamd.conf
>> LocalSocket = /tmp/clamd
>> Virus Scanners = clamd
>> Clamd Socket = /tmp/clamd
>>
>> *Mailscanner.conf*
>> Virus Scanning = yes
>> Virus Scanners = clamd
>> Deliver Disinfected Files = no
>> Silent Viruses = HTML-IFrame HTML-Codebase All-Viruses
>> Still Deliver Silent Viruses = no
>> Non-Forging Viruses = Joke/ OF97/ WM97/ W97M/
>> Quarantine Infections = yes
>> Quarantine Silent Viruses = yes
>> Quarantine Modified Body = no
>> Quarantine Whole Message = yes
>> Quarantine Whole Messages As Queue Files = yes
>> Deliver Cleaned Messages = yes
>> Notify Senders = no
>> Notify Senders Of Viruses = no
>> Warning Is Attachment = yes
>> Send Notices = no
>> Incoming Work User = clamav
>> Incoming Work Group =
>> Incoming Work Permissions = 0640
>> Quarantine User =
>> Quarantine Group =
>> Quarantine Permissions = 0600
>>
>> *ERROR*
>> Clamd::ERROR:: UNKNOWN CLAMD RETURN ./lstat() failed: Permission denied.
>> ERROR :: /usr/local/spool/MailScanner/incoming/19529
>>
>>
>> Please help to resolve this issue ...
>>
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