Hi there -
I was checking the logs of one of our servers, and I discovered the automated freshclam process failed to update the virus definitions. I checked on the mirror-problem page, and went through the motions of renaming the mirrors.dat file, and manually running the freshclam utility with the -v option. A new files was created, and a diff command indicated there was no difference between the new and original version of the file. Even after I had done that, the error output appeared on-screen. An excerpt of the output is shown below: Querying current.cvd.clamav.net WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. Assuming modification time in the past If-Modified-Since: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:52:10 GMT Reading CVD header (main.cvd): ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: Temporary DNS error WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net (IP: ) Giving up on database.clamav.net... Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in freshclam.conf is working. Check http://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons. I confirmed that DNS is operational on the system in question. The server is running Fedora Core 7 as its operating system. The version of ClamAV is 0.92.1, and it runs in conjunction with SpamAssassin 3.2.4, and MailScanner 4.64.3 on a Sendmail 8.14.1 release. Does anyone have an idea of what needs to be done to correct this? Thanks. The information transmitted in this electronic communication is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this information in error, please contact the Compliance HelpLine at 800-856-1983 and properly dispose of this information. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
