On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:46:39 -0400 James Kosin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Obantec Support wrote: > > Hi > > > > clamd died again > > > > from clamd.log > > > > SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload. > > Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav > > ERROR: reload db failed: Broken or not a CVD file > > Terminating because of a fatal error.Socket file removed. > > Pid file removed. > > --- Stopped at Thu Apr 12 04:25:08 2007 > > /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or directory > > /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or directory > > /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or directory > > repeated until 8am BST when i did routine tests > > /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock: No such file or directory > > > > found *.cvd in /var/lib/clamav > > > > since i am using clamav-milter this has a knock on effect of stopping > users > > sending mail. > > for now i have killed all clam and freshmeat until this is resolved. > > > I think maybe what needs to happen is: > (1) Any script files touching *.cvd need to be modified. This seems > to be causing the problem. > (2) ClamAV needs to change to fix the issue of a 0-byte CVD file > causing it to CRASH. I _doesn't_ crash. It reports a critical error and terminates. -- oo ..... Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\......... http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..........._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Thu Apr 12 15:48:31 CEST 2007 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
