As previously observed, depending on installation permissions, some of us need 
sudo and others do not.

Anytime you see "Ignoring mirror xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (due to previous errors)" for 
all available mirrors, you must trash mirrors.dat or wait for some amount of 
time (unknown to me) in order to recover.

-Al-

On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 01:33 AM, Michael Newman wrote:
> This is on a Mac with a MacPorts ClamAV installation.
> 
> I previously reported that if I ran freshclam as root it failed, but worked 
> if I ran it as me.
> 
> Now I have the exact opposite situation. It fails if I run it as me, but 
> works if I run as root.
> 
> If I don’t use sudo, the first error I get is this:
> 
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
> 
> (Followed by many, many more. See below.)
> 
> If I use sudo, that error never appears.
> 
> I think this must be some sort of DNS error, but I have no idea what it might 
> be or how to fix it.
> 
> The following works fine:
> 
> MrMuscle:clamav mnewman$ host -t txt current.cvd.clamav.net 
> <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/> descriptive text 
> "0.100.1:58:24903:1536132540:1:63:47832:327"
> 
> This started failing while I was away on vacation. Nothing was changed on the 
> machine while I was away.
> 
> FWIW, I’m using Google’s DNS servers. I live in Thailand and they seem to be 
> the fastest.
> 
> I changed permissions on the database files as follows:
> 
> MrMuscle:clamav mnewman$ pwd
> /opt/local/share/clamav
> MrMuscle:clamav mnewman$ ls -lea
> total 329448
> drwxrwxrwx    7 _clamav  _clamav        224 Sep  5 15:19 .
> drwxrwxr-x  115 root     wheel         3680 Aug 19 10:14 ..
> -rw-rw-rw-    1 _clamav  _clamav     187426 Aug 19 11:08 bytecode.cvd
> -rw-rw-rw-    1 _clamav  _clamav   50109025 Sep  5 14:50 daily.cvd
> -rw-rw-rw-@   1 _clamav  _clamav         52 Aug 22 05:48 local.ign2
> -rw-rw-rw-    1 _clamav  _clamav  117892267 Aug 19 11:08 main.cvd
> -rw-rw-rw-    1 _clamav  _clamav        260 Sep  5 15:19 mirrors.dat
> 
> I’m appending the verbose output of freshclam when run without and with sudo:
> 
> MrMuscle:bin mnewman$ /opt/local/bin/freshclam -v
> Current working dir is /opt/local/share/clamav
> Max retries == 3
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Sep  5 14:49:53 2018
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:38:10 GMT
> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): nonblock_connect: connect(): fd=7 errno=64: 
> Host is down
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> 
> (IP: 104.16.188.138)
> nonblock_connect: connect(): fd=7 errno=64: Host is down
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> 
> (IP: 104.16.186.138)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Trying host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (104.16.187.138)...
> nonblock_connect: connect(): fd=7 errno=64: Host is down
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> 
> (IP: 104.16.187.138)
> Trying host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (104.16.185.138)...
> nonblock_connect: connect(): fd=7 errno=64: Host is down
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> 
> (IP: 104.16.185.138)
> Trying host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (104.16.189.138)...
> nonblock_connect: connect(): fd=7 errno=64: Host is down
> Can't connect to port 80 of host db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/> 
> (IP: 104.16.189.138)
> WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (IP: )
> Trying again in 5 secs...
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Sep  5 14:49:58 2018
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:38:10 GMT
> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to 
> previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (IP: )
> Trying again in 5 secs...
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Sep  5 14:50:03 2018
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:38:10 GMT
> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to 
> previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (IP: )
> Giving up on db.US.clamav.net <http://db.us.clamav.net/>...
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Sep  5 14:50:03 2018
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:38:10 GMT
> Reading CVD header (main.cvd): Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to 
> previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net 
> <http://database.clamav.net/> (IP: )
> Giving up on database.clamav.net <http://database.clamav.net/>...
> Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in 
> /opt/local/etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check 
> https://www.clamav.net/documents/official-mirror-faq 
> <https://www.clamav.net/documents/official-mirror-faq> for possible reasons.
> 
> 
> 
> MrMuscle:bin mnewman$ sudo /opt/local/bin/freshclam -v
> Password:
> Current working dir is /opt/local/share/clamav
> Max retries == 3
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Sep  5 14:50:16 2018
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/>
> TTL: 591
> Software version from DNS: 0.100.1
> main.cvd version from DNS: 58
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 58, sigs: 4566249, f-level: 60, builder: 
> sigmgr)
> daily.cvd version from DNS: 24903
> Retrieving http://db.US.clamav.net/daily-24903.cdiff 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/daily-24903.cdiff>
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24903.cdiff from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/>
> Retrieving http://db.US.clamav.net/daily-24903.cdiff 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/daily-24903.cdiff>
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24903.cdiff from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/>
> Retrieving http://db.US.clamav.net/daily-24903.cdiff 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/daily-24903.cdiff>
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.185.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.188.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.186.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.189.138 (due to previous errors)
> Ignoring mirror 104.16.187.138 (due to previous errors)
> WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-24903.cdiff from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/>
> WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd
> Whitelisting short-term blacklisted mirrors
> Retrieving http://db.US.clamav.net/daily.cvd 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/daily.cvd>
> Trying to download http://db.US.clamav.net/daily.cvd 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/daily.cvd> (IP: 104.16.188.138)
> Downloading daily.cvd [100%]
> Loading signatures from daily.cvd
> Properly loaded 2074942 signatures from new daily.cvd
> daily.cvd updated (version: 24903, sigs: 2074942, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
> Querying daily.24903.92.1.0.6810BC8A.ping.clamav.net
> bytecode.cvd version from DNS: 327
> bytecode.cvd is up to date (version: 327, sigs: 91, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
> Database updated (6641282 signatures) from db.US.clamav.net 
> <http://db.us.clamav.net/> (IP: 104.16.188.138)
> Clamd successfully notified about the update.
> 
> 
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-Al-
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