That makes perfect sense, but for some reason isn't helping. I changed DatabaseOwner to "amavis" in /etc/freshclam.conf and I'm still getting the same error. I tried restarting the clamd service and that didn't make any difference either.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Bill Landry <b...@inetmsg.com> wrote: > Andy Theuninck wrote: >> I'm getting an error that I don't understand. Here's the brief >> summary, followed by the wordier explanation: >> >> Brief: >> $ freshclam >> ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check >> permissions!). >> ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = >> /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log). >> $ ps -Af | grep clamd >> amavis 30448 1 0 16:00 ? 00:00:04 clamd >> andy 31044 26453 0 16:12 pts/1 00:00:00 grep clamd >> $ ls -l /var/log/clamav >> total 20 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 amavis clamav 1951 Apr 7 16:11 clamd.log >> -rw-r----- 1 amavis clamav 9529 Apr 7 04:02 clamd.log.1 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 amavis clamav 934 Apr 7 16:01 freshclam.log >> >> Explanation: >> I'm running clamd as user amavis. Clamav's log files are owned by user >> amavis and writeable. When I run freshclam I get an error stating >> there's a permissions problem, but I don't see one. Does freshclam run >> as a different user than clamd? I didn't see any option to specify >> that in /etc/clamd.conf... > > Freshclam runs as the user defined by the "DatabaseOwner" in your > freshclam.conf file, not your clamd.conf file. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > 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
