In an effort to understand, I'm wondering why you don't simply launch clamav while pointing to the correct config file instead of pointing to a symlink which points to the config file?
Frédéric SOSSON wrote: > I have changed owner of /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf symlink to clamav > but it does not work better. Is ClamAV able to use symlinked config > files ? > > 2009/9/15 Nathan Phillip Brink <ohnobi...@ohnopublishing.net>: >> Frédéric SOSSON wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I need to create a symlink freshclam.conf >> I'm afraid I can't understand what you mean by that >> >>> but freshclam daemon >>> displays "Can't open/parse the config file /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf >> If /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf is a symlink, make sure that you can view >> it using an editor or viewer such as less. It is possible to make a >> symlink point to a path which doesn't exist; then you normally get a >> ``File does not exist'' error. If freshclam is run as an unprivileged >> user (such as ``clamav''), make sure that the user has access to the >> freshclam.conf file. >> >> >> -- >> binki _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
