I am having exactly the same problem, only difference is username "clamav"
Any tips appreciated! Craig Allison Digital Systems & Data Manager The Senate Visual Effects Twickenham Film Studios St.Margarets Twickenham TW1 2AW t: 0208 607 8866 skype: craig_9000 www.senatevfx.com On 15 Sep 2008, at 16:42, Carlos Williams wrote: > Luca Gibelli wrote: >> Hello Carlos, >> >> >> please check if user 'clamav'[1] can write to /var/log/clamav/ >> freshclam.log >> >> >> Best regards >> >> [1]: or whatever you defined in freshclam.conf with the directive >> User > > Thanks for the reply Luca! > > According to /var/log/clamav/ > > mail:/var/log/clamav# ls -l > total 104 > -rw-r----- 1 amavis adm 5051 2008-09-15 11:21 clamav.log > -rw-r----- 1 amavis adm 26171 2008-09-14 06:25 clamav.log.1 > -rw-r----- 1 amavis adm 10910 2008-09-15 11:26 freshclam.log > -rw-r----- 1 amavis adm 52195 2008-09-14 06:25 freshclam.log.1 > > And in my freshclam.conf, amavis is defined: > > DatabaseOwner amavis > UpdateLogFile /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log > LogVerbose false > LogSyslog false > LogFacility LOG_LOCAL6 > LogFileMaxSize 0 > LogTime no > Foreground false > Debug false > MaxAttempts 5 > DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav/ > DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net > AllowSupplementaryGroups false > PidFile /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid > ConnectTimeout 30 > ReceiveTimeout 30 > ScriptedUpdates yes > CompressLocalDatabase no > NotifyClamd /etc/clamav/clamd.conf > # Check for new database 24 times a day > Checks 24 > DatabaseMirror db.local.clamav.net > DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net > > I am really not sure what I am missing here. I know this is > something I > overlooked, I just don't know where. > > -- > Carlos Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http:// > wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml