On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 11:04 -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Sun, 7 Aug 2016, Chris wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 10:49 +0200, Tobi wrote: > > > > > > It might a systemd issue. Have you tried to start clamd by > > > calling it > > > directly on cli? Does it create the socket then? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > tobi > > I've tried that lots of times Tobi, however, it still doesn't > > create > > it: > > > > chris@localhost:~$ sudo service clamav-daemon stop [ - ] clamav- > > daemon > > > > chris@localhost:~$ sudo service clamav-daemon start [ + ] clamav- > > daemon > When systemd is installed, the "service" command is redirected to > invoke systemctl. To truly bypass systemd you would need to do > something like "sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-daemon stop", etc. > > > > > The 'clamd.socket' file should be between these two but it's not: > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 446464 Jun 23 11:40 bytecode.cld > > -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 82 Jul 13 14:44 > > crdfam.clamav.hdb > This also could be caused by SELinux. It can prevent files from > being > created even when all the permission settings are okay. Have you > checked the system logs for audit violations? > > Also, have you checked clamd's log file? > > Alan Stern >
Alan, I do see this in the log: Sun Aug 7 12:07:30 2016 -> ERROR: Can't unlink the pid file /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid Sun Aug 7 12:07:30 2016 -> --- Stopped at Sun Aug 7 12:07:30 2016 Sun Aug 7 12:10:43 2016 -> +++ Started at Sun Aug 7 12:10:43 2016 Sun Aug 7 12:10:43 2016 -> Received 0 file descriptor(s) from systemd. -- Chris KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C 31.11972; -97.90167 (Elev. 1092 ft) 12:19:19 up 15:43, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.37, 0.36 Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, kernel 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 00:07:12 UTC 2016 _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
