Clamd permission error

[Steve Campbell]

Maybe I see the problem.

Should the "incoming" folder itself be modded 640 instead of 600?

I'll change it since it shouldn't matter.

steve

On 11/18/2011 1:43 PM, Steve Campbell wrote:
> I don't think anything that matters isn't 640 mod and clamav.clamav  
> owned. The individual files created in the incoming directory are 
> owned by clamav as well. An example:
>
> incoming]# ls -al
> total 2912
> drwx------    8 clamav   clamav       4096 Nov 18 13:42 .
> drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 May 18  2004 ..
> drwxr-x---    2 clamav   clamav       4096 Sep  9 07:02 26632
> drwxr-x---    4 clamav   clamav       4096 Nov 18 13:41 5625
> drwxr-x---    4 clamav   clamav       4096 Nov 18 13:41 5632
> drwxr-x---    7 clamav   clamav       4096 Nov 18 13:41 5654
> drwxr-x---    2 root     root         4096 Nov 18 11:14 Locks
> -rw-------    1 root     root        17408 Nov 18 13:41 Processing.db
> -rw-------    1 root     root      2722816 Nov 18 13:42 
> SpamAssassin.cache.db
> drwx------    2 root     root       200704 Nov 18 13:41 SpamAssassin-Temp
>
> Seems to me to be as it should be or those "Number" folders couldn't 
> be created.
>
> steve
>
>
> On 11/18/2011 1:15 PM, Martin Hepworth wrote:
>> Steve
>> Double check nothing has altered any of the permissions further up 
>> the tree and the clamd user can access the files
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On Friday, 18 November 2011, Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com 
>> <mailto:campbell at cnpapers.com>> wrote:
>> > I'm pretty certain I looked through there. The settings are spread 
>> out all across the config file, so I might have missed one (or four). 
>> I just don't understand why I'm seeing this now (just one email) 
>> without having changed anything.
>> >
>> > Thanks for all the help from everyone.
>> >
>> > steve
>> >
>> > On 11/18/2011 11:07 AM, Martin Hepworth wrote:
>> >
>> > 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
>> > --
>> > Martin Hepworth
>> > Oxford, UK
>> >
>> >
>> > On 18 November 2011 14:53, Milenko Letic <mikoletic at gmail.com 
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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