I've just done a clean (previous uninstall) default (configure;make;install with no options) install of clamAV0.95.2 on MacOS10.5.7. Running freshclam generates the following errors.
ERROR: chdir_tmp: Can't create directory ./clamav-f6cd08cec8c72896e10b38ef34215214 WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd ERROR: getfile: Can't create new file /usr/local/share/clamav/clamav-6fbf53c3126704c0b95f1b04f7d580ea in /usr/local/share/clamav Hint: The database directory must be writable for UID 501 (me) or GID 501 (admin users) Default permission on database: drwxrwxr-x 4 _clamav _clamav 136 11 Jun 08:24 clamav Freshclam.conf: DatabaseOwner _clamav I can easily make the error go away by giving me or everyone rw permissions on the clamav database directory. I note this error in various fora at least for MacOS and Windows. My question is: What is the ideal secure solution for freshclam and clamav database permissions? -- Ian Cheong ian.che...@acm.org _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
