Have you tried running clamd itself with root permissions?
e.g. $sudo clamd [options Yes i did same result....I did not use any options... -Mickey On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 1:18 AM, Z F <mail4me9...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have noticed in /var/log/clamav/clamav.log > > Sun Aug 7 01:14:28 2016 -> ERROR: ScanOnAccess: fanotify_init failed: > Operation not permittedSun Aug 7 01:14:28 2016 -> ScanOnAccess: clamd must > be started by root > > in /etc/clamav/clamd.conf > I had User clamav > then I changed to User rootand rebooted but this did not helpnot sure if > even User should be set to root. I thought clamav is better choice > thank you very much for your help > ZF > > > On Sunday, August 7, 2016 1:06 AM, Z F <mail4me9...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Dear clamav > I have used these instructions to setup on-access scan > ClamAV® blog: Configuring On-Access Scanning in ClamAV > > > canOnAccess trueOnAccessIncludePath /home/user/DownloadsOnAccessPrevention > true > OnAccessExtraScanning true > the installed version is > 0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 > > on ubutnu 16.04grep FANOTIFY /boot/config-4.4.0-31-generic > CONFIG_FANOTIFY=yCONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS=y > I have made a test virus file > http://www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html > but the test file can be still accessed. > could someone suggest what I did wrong?thank you > ZF > > | > | | > ClamAV® blog: Configuring On-Access Scanning in ClamAV > | | > > | > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
