I'm running ClamAV as user 'clamav' who owns /var/log/clamav drwxr-xr-x 2 clamav clamav 4096 Apr 18 00:00 clamav
the files inside are: root@<redacted>:/var/log/clamav# ls -l total 420 -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 11978 Apr 23 11:34 clamav.log -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 11718 Apr 18 00:00 clamav.log.1 -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1302 Feb 14 00:00 clamav.log.10.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1215 Feb 7 00:00 clamav.log.11.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1989 Jan 31 00:00 clamav.log.12.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1837 Apr 11 00:00 clamav.log.2.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1134 Apr 4 00:00 clamav.log.3.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 3376 Mar 28 00:00 clamav.log.4.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1033 Mar 21 00:00 clamav.log.5.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 2149 Mar 14 00:00 clamav.log.6.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1096 Mar 7 00:00 clamav.log.7.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1064 Feb 28 00:00 clamav.log.8.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 1058 Feb 21 00:00 clamav.log.9.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav clamav 118698 Apr 24 08:14 freshclam.log -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 141909 Apr 18 00:00 freshclam.log.1 -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5047 Feb 14 00:00 freshclam.log.10.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5234 Feb 7 00:00 freshclam.log.11.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5543 Jan 31 00:00 freshclam.log.12.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 6334 Apr 11 00:00 freshclam.log.2.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5066 Apr 4 00:00 freshclam.log.3.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5268 Mar 28 00:00 freshclam.log.4.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5046 Mar 21 00:00 freshclam.log.5.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5237 Mar 14 00:00 freshclam.log.6.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5072 Mar 7 00:00 freshclam.log.7.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5071 Feb 28 00:00 freshclam.log.8.gz -rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 5074 Feb 21 00:00 freshclam.log.9.gz -----Original Message----- From: Micah Snyder (micasnyd) <micas...@cisco.com> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 3:48 PM To: ClamAV users ML <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> Subject: Re: [clamav-users] Can't start clamd - lchown to user failed lchown isn't a program, it's a C function provided by `unistd.h`. The error likely has to do with the permissions of the /var/log/clamav directory (if it exists), and which user the program is running as. -Micah > -----Original Message----- > From: clamav-users <clamav-users-boun...@lists.clamav.net> On Behalf > Of Keith Graber > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 1:16 PM > To: 'clamav-users@lists.clamav.net' <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> > Subject: [clamav-users] Can't start clamd - lchown to user failed > > Hello everyone, > > I'm running a Ubuntu 20.04 server. I've had ClamAV installed and > running with on-access successfully. > > I did an apt upgrade that included ClamAV v0.103.2 and since then I > can't get clamd to start. > > The error is: ERROR: lchown to user 'clamav' failed on log file > '/var/log/clamav/clamav.log'. Error was 'Operation not permitted' > > lchown is not installed on my system and I'm not finding it in the > Ubuntu software repository. Searching the web led me to a lchown man > page that states this is for changing syslinks, but > /var/log/clamav/clamav.log is not a syslink'd file. > > Is lchown a new requirement for v0.103.2? > > How can I get clamd working again? > > Thanks! > > Keith Graber > > _______________________________________________ > > clamav-users mailing list > clamav-users@lists.clamav.net > https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users > > > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml
