Clamd permission error

Martin Hepworth maxsec at gmail.com
Fri Nov 18 16:07:47 GMT 2011


yes you need to look carefully at the mailscanner.conf settings for
permssions etc. Theres good documentation in the file about running clamdd
and the things you need to setup
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Martin Hepworth
Oxford, UK


On 18 November 2011 14:53, Milenko Letic <mikoletic at gmail.com> wrote:

> this is mod in my MailScanner.conf :
> Incoming Work Permissions = 0644
>
> maybe , maybe not help, but wish you luck
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm getting the following error in my logs:
>>
>> Clamd::ERROR:: lstat() failed: Permission denied. ERRORClamd::ERROR::
>> lstat() failed: Permission denied......
>>
>> Looking back, I found a thread suggesting I should switch to the internal
>> tnef expander, which I am trying now, and to ensure the "incoming"
>> directory is accessible by the clam user (clamav). I've followed the
>> suggestions in the MailScanner.conf file for the situation I am running
>> under. The temp folders under the incoming directory, along with the
>> incoming folder itself, where the winmail.dat is expanded IS owned by
>> clamav.
>>
>> So I'm wondering if the 0640 mod on the folders is the proper mod. Should
>> there be any sticky bits or anything set?
>>
>> Just curious, since this seems to be the first time I've run into this
>> and I've been using MS for years.
>>
>> steve campbell
>>
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