On Monday 24 January 2005 05:21, Tomasz Papszun wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 at 3:04:22 -0700, Hal Goldfarb wrote: > > [...] > > I am running Mandrake 10.1 with all mdk updates applied as of this > > message. I am running clamav 0.80 with the latest virus database > > updates. The RPM is release 5.1.101mdk, to be exact. > > > > Problem: When I run clamdscan (which uses the daemon), it generates > > zillions of errors in the clamd.log file something like "Directory > > recursion limit exceeded at /home/hal/.tvtime". However, when I run > > clamscan (which does not use the daemon, right?), > > Right. > > > it does not generate these errors as far as I can tell. > > I am using the default recursion of 20 levels, so I think I should be ok. > > To be precise: according to clamd.conf the default is 15:
Pardon me, you are right. I was looking at the "default" setting for MaxDirectoryRecursion in Mandrake's version of clamd.conf, which is 20, but is commented out. > > MaxDirectoryRecursion NUMBER > Maximal depth directories are scanned at. > Default: 15 > > > How many levels of subdirectories have you got under /home/hal/.tvtime ? That directory is a leaf node. Just a couple of xml files, not archived or compressed. > Or maybe there is some archive file with many subdirectories? > > [...] > > > However, clamdscan seems to automatically trigger recursion > > when calling the daemon to do its work. This seems asymetrical to me, > > but perhaps you can educate me why it is this way. > > As clamdscan is only an interface to clamd, the way it works depends on > clamd.conf. To be sure what settings are used for clamd, you have to > check the contents of clamd.conf. OK, I see what you mean: The MaxDirectoryRecursion parameter, aforementioned, is the symmetric partner of clamdscan's "-r" option. > Moreover: make sure there are _no_ > other - forgotten clamav related files in the system because one may be > using them instead of these one is thinking is using. > Check also the clamd.log file (the fragment after "Started at") for > settings used by clamd. This is a brand new, first time installation of clamav. Could this be a memory leak of some kind? Thanks, Hal _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
