> > To narrow down the problem further (and eliminate either > dns or clamav), try > > doing the dns query from wherever freshclam is running. > > I tried disabling my firewall with no effect. > > "host database.clamav.net" attracted: > "truncated, retrying in TCP mode, > timed out -no servers could be reached".
This message is telling you that when the resolver tried to do the lookup in tcp mode (because there was too much information for the udp response), something got in the way. There are a lot of "somethings" that could be causing the problem, but I think you can rule out a problem with clamav at this point. If your host is resolving via your own dns server, there may be some firewalling (or configuration issues) getting in the way of your dns server being able to do a query via tcp. Are the nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf in your control, or do they belong to your isp? > Sorry, but I don't understand what a DNS query means. I am > incidentally > running SuSE 9.1 Pro on a desktop (no network). if you do a 'dig database.clamav.net' or a 'host database.clamav.net', do you get useful answers? (Something that looks like this (output from dig): ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> database.clamav.net ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64172 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;database.clamav.net. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: database.clamav.net. 5 IN CNAME db.local.clamav.net. db.local.clamav.net. 6907 IN CNAME db.other.clamav.net. db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 213.73.255.243 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 24.244.193.21 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 64.18.103.6 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 65.75.154.69 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 80.69.67.3 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 129.64.99.170 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 193.1.219.100 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 209.8.40.140 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 209.204.175.217 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 212.31.160.239 db.other.clamav.net. 5 IN A 212.113.16.74 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: clamav.net. 7200 IN NS ns3.clamav.net. clamav.net. 7200 IN NS ns4.clamav.net. clamav.net. 7200 IN NS ns5.clamav.net. clamav.net. 7200 IN NS ns1.oltrelinux.com. clamav.net. 7200 IN NS ns2.oltrelinux.com. ;; Query time: 195 msec ;; SERVER: 10.68.5.162#53(10.68.5.162) ;; WHEN: Wed Jun 2 14:46:52 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 363 ********* end of dig output *********** freshclam needs the records that have the 'A' in the 4th column-- if you are not getting those records, it's probably because there's still some kind of restriction against tcp dns queries. -ron ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
