Thanks for catching that, I'd accidentally set the clamav group number to 441. However, after correcting. I'm still seeing the problem: o...@zambezi:/var# ls -alt | grep clamav drwxrwxrwx 2 clamav clamav 4096 2009-08-21 10:02 clamav
r...@zambezi:/var# freshclam ClamAV update process started at Mon Aug 24 12:54:47 2009 WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! WARNING: Local version: 0.94.2 Recommended version: 0.95.2 DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq ERROR: getfile: Can't create new file /var/clamav/clamav-37cffbcbac17f3fecf92527459691294 in /var/clamav Hint: The database directory must be writable for UID 441 or GID 204 WARNING: Can't download main.cvd from db.us.clamav.net On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Carlos Williams <carlosw...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Scott Mohnkern<mohnk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I recently installed clamav .94 on an ubuntu box (8.04) and clamscan runs > > just fine, however freshclam generates the following error: > > > > > > rwxrwxrwx 2 clamav 204 4096 2009-08-21 10:02 clamav > > Why is your GID '204'? That looks to me like the system can't > recognize the group ownership of the file or parenting folder... > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml -- Scott Mohnkern _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
