On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 16:40 -0400, Christopher S Arnold wrote: > I am following the faq on serving the cvd files from a local server so that > each client doesn’t have to download them from the clamav servers? I have > edited /etc/clamd.conf to say DatabaseDirectory /srv/www/htdocs/<folder> and > also edited the freshclam.conf file to say the same thing. When i try to run > freshclam, i get this error: > ERROR: getfile: Can't create new file ./clamav-somelonghexnumber in > /srv/www/htdocs/<folder> > Hint: The database directory must be writable for UID 65 or GID 107 > ERROR: Can't download main.cvd from database.clamav.net > LibClamAV Error: Database directory: /srv/www/htdocs<folder> not locked > > How do i make the folder writable for UID 65 or GID 107?
$user> sudo chgrp 107 /srv/www/htdocs<folder> $user> sudo chmod g+wx /srv/www/htdocs<folder> > And how do i lock the /srv/www/htdocs/<folder> folder so only clamav > and its hosts that will be downloading the DB can get to it? In your vhost config in apache: <Directory /srv/www/htdocs/<folder> > permit from ip.address.of.client permit from ip.address.of.anotherclient permit from ip.address.of.stillanotherclient deny from all </Directory> > Thanks for any help > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html -- Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CISSP # 78281, CNX Austin Energy http://www.austinenergy.com _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
