Thanks! Now if someone could just figure out where freshclam is going wrong and fix it... ;-)
On Thu, 22 May 2003, Rich Ramos wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 19:15:26 -0700 > From: Rich Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Very annoying problem with freshclam > > > As an additional data point. I had the same problem with freshclam. > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Mon May 5 11:21:59 2003 > viruses.db2 is up to date. > Database updated (containing in total 7774 signatures). > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Mon May 5 23:22:21 2003 > ERROR: Can't get information about clamav.elektrapro.com host. > ERROR: Connection with clamav.elektrapro.com failed. > Checking for a new database - started at Mon May 5 23:22:21 2003 > ERROR: Can't create md5 checksum of the viruses.db database. > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Tue May 6 11:22:22 2003 > ERROR: Can't create md5 checksum of the viruses.db database. > > > After I re-ran freshclam manually, it worked. > > -Rich > > > --- Original --- > From: Ed Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ClamAV Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 5/19/03 11:27 AM -0400 > Subject: [clamav-users] Very annoying problem with freshclam > > We see the following behavior: > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Tue May 13 13:09:55 2003 > viruses.db is up to date. > viruses.db2 is up to date. > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Tue May 13 16:09:55 2003 > ERROR: Can't connect to port 80 of host clamav.elektrapro.com > ERROR: Connection with clamav.elektrapro.com failed. > Checking for a new database - started at Tue May 13 16:09:55 2003 > ERROR: Can't create md5 checksum of the viruses.db database. > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Tue May 13 19:09:55 2003 > ERROR: Can't create md5 checksum of the viruses.db database. > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Tue May 13 22:09:56 2003 > ERROR: Can't create md5 checksum of the viruses.db database. > > -------------------------------------- > Checking for a new database - started at Wed May 14 01:09:56 2003 > ERROR: Can't create md5 checksum of the viruses.db database. > > It seems that once freshclam fails a connection, it can never > successfully work again until it is restarted. Is there a fix for this > problem? Should we just run it in a mode to "do a one-time update and > quit" out of cron instead trying to let it run continuously? > > We're running clamav-20030317 on Solaris 9. > > Thanks, > > Ed > > Ed Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Delaware (302) 831-6082 > Systems Programmer III, Network and Systems Services > finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ed Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> University of Delaware (302) 831-6082 Systems Programmer III, Network and Systems Services finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
