Hi, The problem wasn't related to the /tmp dir, but due to an incorrectly created /dev/urandom entry in the chrooted directory. This caused clamd to wait for data which never came, resulting in a hang.
regards, Reijer On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:38:06 +0100 Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:23:29 +0100 > DWH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm having a weird problem while trying to chroot clamd (0.65) > > It seems it is not using the new .cvd files. When I don't have > > viruses.db and viruses.db2 in the database directory, it says "ERROR: > > Database initialization error." > > > > The main.cvd and daily.cvd are in place however. > > When i put the viruses.db and viruses.db2 in the directory, it seems > > to work fine. The problem now is that freshclam does not update > > viruses.db and viruses.db2. > > > > When I compile clamd en libclamav in debug mode and set ForeGround in > > clamav.conf, clamd just hangs on 'reading main.cvd'. > > > > Has anyone seen this problem aswell? It would somehow be nice to run > > clamd chrooted, from a security perspective, and have an up2date virus > > database. > > You must create a /tmp directory in your chrooted environment. Without > it clamd will fail to load cvd databases and to scan archives. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Kojm > -- > oo ..... [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ClamAV.net > (\/)\......... http://www.clamav.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg > \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B > //\ /\ Fri Nov 14 23:37:10 CET 2003 > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
