Thanks Steve. Here's the output of lsof. # clamd status ERROR: LOCAL: Socket file /var/run/clamav/clamd.socket is in use by another process.
# lsof | grep clamd.socket clamd 6776 clamav 5u unix 0xc000000003692480 0t0 72993 /var/run/clamav/clamd.socket # ps -ef | grep 6776 clamav 6776 1 0 15:57 ? 00:00:00 clamd root 6889 2739 0 16:20 pts/1 00:00:00 grep 6776 Thanks Kishore On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Kishore Pawar <mkpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Steve. Yes, I tried removing them and kill the running clamd > process and start it again but still the clamd status doesn't show anything > other than the error. > > # clamd status > ERROR: LOCAL: Socket file /var/run/clamav/clamd.socket is in use by > another process. > > ---- > > There is probably another clamd running. If not, try deleting > /var/run/clamav/clamd.socket. > > Steve > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Kishore Pawar <mkpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Steve >> >> Thank you very much for the reply and your suggestion. I rebuild it with >> the options (--enable-llvm=no) provided by you and it seems to be ok now. >> But now I am unable to stop/start the clamd and am not able to get the >> status of clamd. >> >> >> # clamd status >> ERROR: LOCAL: Socket file /var/run/clamav/clamd.socket is in use by >> another process. >> >> # ls -lrt /var/run/clamav/ >> total 12 >> srw-rw-rw-. 1 clamav clamav 0 May 15 11:29 clamd.socket >> -rw-rw-r--. 1 clamav clamav 5 May 15 11:29 clamd.pid >> -rw-rw----. 1 clamav clamav 5 May 15 11:29 freshclam.pid >> srw-r--r--. 1 clamav root 0 May 15 11:46 clamav-milter.socket >> -rw-rw-r--. 1 clamav clamav 5 May 15 11:46 clamav-milter.pid >> >> I observed that the 'clamav-milter.socket' is started by root and not >> clamav user. I am not sure if that's how it is supposed to be. If it needs >> to be started by clamav, where should I do the changes? >> >> Thanks >> Kishore >> > > _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
