On 2009-08-24 22:24, Scott Mohnkern wrote: > r...@zambezi:/var/clamav# freshclam -u clamav > ClamAV update process started at Mon Aug 24 15:23:23 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 WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!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-d87ce240d56bd3e14a8c61c10aecc45e 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 > > This isn't a box I built, is there a way to check to see if selinux is > running on it? (That would have this effect). > > I'm really only familiar with selinux on RHEL5 boxes. > >
Look in dmesg: dmesg | grep -i selinux Also try running: strace freshclam 2>log And look in dmesg for any avc messages. If you have SELinux try: ls -lZd /var/clamav ls -lZ `which freshclam` Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
