Even though you are running as root, freshclam drops privileges to user "clamav". Therefore, user "clamav" must be able able to write to Clam's data directory, which is at $PREFIX/share/clamav. It should look something like this:
# ls -l /opt/clamav/share/clamav -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 32727 Mar 4 09:19 daily.cvd -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 944351 Feb 29 12:38 main.cvd See also the --datadir and --user options in freshclam.conf. The Security warning means you didn't have the Gnu MP library when you compiled freshclam; it's optional but highly recommended. Get it from http://www.gnu.org/software/gmp/. JohnV On Thursday 04 March 2004 09:56 am, you wrote: > When I try to run freshclam on a Solaris 8 SPARC I get the following > errors. > > nemo# freshclam > ClamAV update process started at Thu Mar 4 10:37:56 2004 > SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES > Reading CVD header (main.cvd): OK > ERROR: Can't open new file ./fe2c2591272a5315 to write > open: Permission denied > ERROR: Can't download main.cvd from 210.22.201.152 > Waiting 10 seconds... > ClamAV update process started at Thu Mar 4 10:38:07 2004 > SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES > Reading CVD header (main.cvd): OK > ERROR: Can't open new file ./d83a9adaea65e446 to write > open: Permission denied > ERROR: Can't download main.cvd from 210.22.201.152 > Waiting 10 seconds... > ClamAV update process started at Thu Mar 4 10:38:18 2004 > SECURITY WARNING: NO SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES > Reading CVD header (main.cvd): OK > ERROR: Can't open new file ./068506789e044f1f to write > open: Permission denied > ERROR: Can't download main.cvd from 210.22.201.152 > Waiting 10 seconds... > > What did I miss? > > Thanks, > > Steve Plemmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Clamav-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
