Hello,
I keep getting this error message after installing clamd. The daemon
is started as root but is running as user 'clamav' as set in clamd.conf.
Mar 27 12:01:52 hostname amavis[17399]: (17399-03) (!)run_av (ClamAV-
clamd, built-in i/f): Too many retries to talk to /usr/local/sbin/
clamd (Can't connect to UNIX socket /usr/local/sbin/clamd: Permission
denied) at (eval 51) line 293.
Mar 27 12:01:52 hostname amavis[17399]: (17399-03) (!!)ClamAV-clamd
av-scanner FAILED: CODE(0x872f540) Too many retries to talk to /usr/
local/sbin/clamd (Can't connect to UNIX socket /usr/local/sbin/clamd:
Permission denied) at (eval 51) line 293. at (eval 51) line 491.
Mar 27 12:01:52 hostname amavis[17399]: (17399-03) (!!)WARN: all
primary virus scanners failed, considering backups
Permissions on /usr/local/sbin/clamd are 755 and user 'amavis' is a
member of the clamav group.
What am I doing wrong?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Stuart
My clamd.conf file is as follows:
##
## Example config file for the Clam AV daemon
## Please read the clamd.conf(5) manual before editing this file.
##
# Comment or remove the line below.
#Example
# Uncomment this option to enable logging.
# LogFile must be writable for the user running daemon.
# A full path is required.
# Default: disabled
#LogFile /var/log/clamd.log
# By default the log file is locked for writing - the lock protects
against
# running clamd multiple times (if want to run another clamd, please
# copy the configuration file, change the LogFile variable, and run
# the daemon with --config-file option).
# This option disables log file locking.
# Default: no
#LogFileUnlock yes
# Maximum size of the log file.
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# You may use 'M' or 'm' for megabytes (1M = 1m = 1048576 bytes)
# and 'K' or 'k' for kilobytes (1K = 1k = 1024 bytes). To specify the
size
# in bytes just don't use modifiers.
# Default: 1M
#LogFileMaxSize 2M
# Log time with each message.
# Default: no
LogTime yes
# Also log clean files. Useful in debugging but drastically increases
the
# log size.
# Default: no
#LogClean yes
# Use system logger (can work together with LogFile).
# Default: no
LogSyslog yes
# Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog'
# for facility names.
# Default: LOG_LOCAL6
LogFacility LOG_MAIL
# Enable verbose logging.
# Default: no
#LogVerbose yes
# This option allows you to save a process identifier of the listening
# daemon (main thread).
# Default: disabled
PidFile /var/run/clamd.pid
# Optional path to the global temporary directory.
# Default: system specific (usually /tmp or /var/tmp).
#TemporaryDirectory /var/tmp
# Path to the database directory.
# Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options)
#DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav
# The daemon works in a local OR a network mode. Due to security
reasons we
# recommend the local mode.
# Path to a local socket file the daemon will listen on.
# Default: disabled (must be specified by a user)
LocalSocket /tmp/clamd
# Remove stale socket after unclean shutdown.
# Default: no
FixStaleSocket yes
# TCP port address.
# Default: no
#TCPSocket 3310
# TCP address.
# By default we bind to INADDR_ANY, probably not wise.
# Enable the following to provide some degree of protection
# from the outside world.
# Default: no
#TCPAddr 127.0.0.1
# Maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to.
# Default: 15
#MaxConnectionQueueLength 30
# Clamd uses FTP-like protocol to receive data from remote clients.
# If you are using clamav-milter to balance load between remote clamd
daemons
# on firewall servers you may need to tune the options below.
# Close the connection when the data size limit is exceeded.
# The value should match your MTA's limit for a maximum attachment size.
# Default: 10M
#StreamMaxLength 20M
# Limit port range.
# Default: 1024
#StreamMinPort 30000
# Default: 2048
#StreamMaxPort 32000
# Maximum number of threads running at the same time.
# Default: 10
#MaxThreads 20
# Waiting for data from a client socket will timeout after this time
(seconds).
# Value of 0 disables the timeout.
# Default: 120
#ReadTimeout 300
# Waiting for a new job will timeout after this time (seconds).
# Default: 30
#IdleTimeout 60
# Maximum depth directories are scanned at.
# Default: 15
#MaxDirectoryRecursion 20
# Follow directory symlinks.
# Default: no
#FollowDirectorySymlinks yes
# Follow regular file symlinks.
# Default: no
#FollowFileSymlinks yes
# Perform a database check.
# Default: 1800 (30 min)
#SelfCheck 600
# Execute a command when virus is found. In the command string %v will
# be replaced with the virus name.
# Default: no
#VirusEvent /usr/local/bin/send_sms 123456789 "VIRUS ALERT: %v"
# Run as another user (clamd must be started by root to make this option
# working).
# Default: don't drop privileges
User clamav
# Initialize supplementary group access (clamd must be started by root).
# Default: no
AllowSupplementaryGroups yes
# Stop daemon when libclamav reports out of memory condition.
#ExitOnOOM yes
# Don't fork into background.
# Default: no
#Foreground yes
# Enable debug messages in libclamav.
# Default: no
#Debug yes
# Do not remove temporary files (for debug purposes).
# Default: no
#LeaveTemporaryFiles yes
# In some cases (eg. complex malware, exploits in graphic files, and
others),
# ClamAV uses special algorithms to provide accurate detection. This
option
# controls the algorithmic detection.
# Default: yes
#AlgorithmicDetection yes
##
## Executable files
##
# PE stands for Portable Executable - it's an executable file format
used
# in all 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems. This
option allows
# ClamAV to perform a deeper analysis of executable files and it's also
# required for decompression of popular executable packers such as
UPX, FSG,
# and Petite.
# Default: yes
#ScanPE yes
# Executable and Linking Format is a standard format for UN*X
executables.
# This option allows you to control the scanning of ELF files.
# Default: yes
#ScanELF yes
# With this option clamav will try to detect broken executables (both
PE and
# ELF) and mark them as Broken.Executable.
# Default: no
#DetectBrokenExecutables yes
##
## Documents
##
# This option enables scanning of OLE2 files, such as Microsoft Office
# documents and .msi files.
# Default: yes
#ScanOLE2 yes
# This option enables scanning within PDF files.
# Default: no
#ScanPDF yes
##
## Mail files
##
# Enable internal e-mail scanner.
# Default: yes
#ScanMail yes
# If an email contains URLs ClamAV can download and scan them.
# WARNING: This option may open your system to a DoS attack.
# Never use it on loaded servers.
# Default: no
#MailFollowURLs no
# Recursion level limit for the mail scanner.
# Default: 64
#MailMaxRecursion 128
# With this option enabled ClamAV will try to detect phishing
attempts by using
# signatures.
# Default: yes
#PhishingSignatures yes
# Scan urls found in mails for phishing attempts.
# (available in experimental builds only)
# Default: yes
#PhishingScanURLs yes
# Use phishing detection only for domains listed in the .pdb
database. It is
# not recommended to have this option turned off, because scanning of
all
# domains may lead to many false positives!
# (available in experimental builds only)
# Default: yes
#PhishingRestrictedScan yes
# Always block SSL mismatches in URLs, even if the URL isn't in the
database.
# This can lead to false positives.
# (available in experimental builds only)
#
# Default: no
#PhishingAlwaysBlockSSLMismatch no
# Always block cloaked URLs, even if URL isn't in database.
# This can lead to false positives.
# (available in experimental builds only)
#
# Default: no
#PhishingAlwaysBlockCloak no
##
## HTML
##
# Perform HTML normalisation and decryption of MS Script Encoder code.
# Default: yes
#ScanHTML yes
##
## Archives
##
# ClamAV can scan within archives and compressed files.
# Default: yes
#ScanArchive yes
# The options below protect your system against Denial of Service
attacks
# using archive bombs.
# Files in archives larger than this limit won't be scanned.
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# Default: 10M
#ArchiveMaxFileSize 15M
# Nested archives are scanned recursively, e.g. if a Zip archive
contains a RAR
# file, all files within it will also be scanned. This options
specifies how
# deeply the process should be continued.
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# Default: 8
#ArchiveMaxRecursion 10
# Number of files to be scanned within an archive.
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# Default: 1000
#ArchiveMaxFiles 1500
# If a file in an archive is compressed more than
ArchiveMaxCompressionRatio
# times it will be marked as a virus (Oversized.ArchiveType, e.g.
Oversized.Zip)
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# Default: 250
#ArchiveMaxCompressionRatio 300
# Use slower but memory efficient decompression algorithm.
# only affects the bzip2 decompressor.
# Default: no
#ArchiveLimitMemoryUsage yes
# Mark encrypted archives as viruses (Encrypted.Zip, Encrypted.RAR).
# Default: no
#ArchiveBlockEncrypted no
# Mark archives as viruses (e.g. RAR.ExceededFileSize,
Zip.ExceededFilesLimit)
# if ArchiveMaxFiles, ArchiveMaxFileSize, or ArchiveMaxRecursion
limit is
# reached.
# Default: no
#ArchiveBlockMax no
# Enable support for Sensory Networks' NodalCore hardware accelerator.
# Default: no
#NodalCoreAcceleration yes
##
## Clamuko settings
## WARNING: This is experimental software. It is very likely it will
hang
## up your system!!!
##
# Enable Clamuko. Dazuko (/dev/dazuko) must be configured and running.
# Default: no
#ClamukoScanOnAccess yes
# Set access mask for Clamuko.
# Default: no
#ClamukoScanOnOpen yes
#ClamukoScanOnClose yes
#ClamukoScanOnExec yes
# Set the include paths (all files inside them will be scanned). You
can have
# multiple ClamukoIncludePath directives but each directory must be
added
# in a seperate line.
# Default: disabled
#ClamukoIncludePath /home
#ClamukoIncludePath /students
# Set the exclude paths. All subdirectories are also excluded.
# Default: disabled
#ClamukoExcludePath /home/bofh
# Don't scan files larger than ClamukoMaxFileSize
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# Default: 5M
#ClamukoMaxFileSize 10M
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