Chris wrote: > On Monday 18 June 2007 5:04 pm, Christopher X. Candreva wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Chris wrote: >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ clamdscan phish1.txt >>> /home/chris/phish1.txt: Access denied. ERROR >>> >>> I can't figure out why I keep getting this Access denied error. Anyone >>> with any ideas? >>> >> Because you didn't RTFM. :-) >> >> clamdscan passes the file name to clamd, which tries to open it. clamd is >> normally running as an unprivledged user so unless the file is world >> readable (or readbale by the clamd process), you get that error >> >> Sent the file to STDIN and you solve the problem >> >> clamdscan - <phish1.txt >> >> > Thanks Chris, guess the Fine Manual wasn't clear enough to me. > > There IS another option though. The recommended way to run clamd is to run it as non-root user. Meaning it may have some permission problems if not properly setup. The alternative solutions are : - Use STDIN, which might introduce some overhead (read file -> stream -> saving stream) - Change clamd's user to match your application (most likely mail server) user - Add clamd's user to app's group, and activating AllowSupplementaryGroups on clamd.conf - Run clamd as root
The best choice depends on what you're using it for. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
